{"product_id":"habibi-means-beloved","title":"Habibi Means Beloved","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memoir of exile, love, and the search for home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a Muslim family from a small Lebanese village, Moudi Sbeity came of age at the intersection of war, displacement, and difference. Queer, with a stutter, and often on the margins of belonging, Sbeity survived the conflicts that fractured their homeland and family before arriving in Utah as an eighteen-year-old evacuee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom there, Sbeity transformed anonymity into advocacy as plaintiff in \u003ci\u003eKitchen v. Herbert\u003c\/i\u003e, the landmark case that secured marriage equality across the 10th Circuit, and as founder of the celebrated Salt Lake City queer-friendly restaurant Laziz Kitchen. Yet behind these outward triumphs, Sbeity felt an inner call to return to their roots through writing and poetry. \u003ci\u003eHabibi Means Beloved\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves personal narrative, Sufi mysticism, and Lebanese heritage in a memoir of resilience, disconnection, and reconciliation. Both intimate and universal, it invites readers to reimagine belonging and recognize ourselves—and one another—as already beloved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504881017205,"sku":"9781647692926","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781647692926.jpg?v=1786953798","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/habibi-means-beloved","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}