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Istanbul Crossing History_Gift_Guide and of a journey intoIn this coming of age literary thriller, Ahdaf, a gay Syrian refugee, after watching his cousin executed by ISIS for being homosexual, flees to Istanbul for safety. Ahdafs reputation as a people smuggler has put him in danger once more. A Syrian refugee himself, Ahdaf earns a meager living in Istanbul helping others make the crossing to Greece a perilous line of work, but no less so than what he would face if the truth of his sexuality were discovered