My guest Madian Al Jazerah is a successful businessman and human rights activist living in Jordan. His story is a story of searching for identity and worth.In Part two of the episode of Breaking Free- On sexuality, he shares an honest account of how the Gulf war left him knowing what it was like to be a refugee, coping with depression and having to go into witness protection in San Francisco after being gay bashed and much more.He is described in the preface of his incredible memoir " ARE YOU THIS? OR ARE YOU THIS? " as:"A Palestinian but wasn't raised in Palestine, Kuwaiti-born but not Kuwaiti, British-educated but not a westerner, a gay man out of the closet but still living in the shadows."Things we talk about :The impact of the Gulf war on Madian and his family

A dark time in Madian's life

Saved by Ellen in San Francisco and outed as Gay

Learning to lie from a young age (11.00) Madian comes out to his siblings by FedEX when he thinks he has cancer

Witness protection

Moving to Jordan and finding familiar faces from Madian's life back in Kuwait

Succeeding in business with Zuwwadeh restaurant and Books@cafe

The hell of living in Limbo in Texas

New York, abuse and recognizing a victim pattern

Madian's search for his real name and identity after the loss of his father

Visiting Jenin