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This Arab is queer : an anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab writers / edited by Elias Jahshan.

Summary:

"This ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Arab writers - some internationally bestselling, others using pseudonyms. Here, we find heart-warming connections and moments of celebration alongside essays exploring the challenges of being LGBTQ+ and Arab. From a military base in the Gulf to loving whispers caught between the bedsheets; and from touring overseas as a drag queen to a concert in Cairo where the rainbow flag was raised to a crowd of thousands, this collection celebrates the true colours of a vibrant Arab queer experience."--Amazon

Record details

ISBN: 9780863564789
ISBN: 086356478X
Physical Description: 211 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: London : Saqi Books, 2022.
Copyright: ℗♭2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Elias Jahshan -- The decade of saying all that I could not say / Mona Eltahawy -- Return to Beirut / Saleem Haddad -- This text is a very lonely document / Dima Mikhayel Matta -- Catching the light: reclaiming opera as a trans Arab / Zeyn Joukhadar -- You made me your monster / Amrou Al-Kadhi -- My Kali-digitising a Queer Arab future / Khalid Abdel-Hadi -- The artist's portrait of a marginalised man / Danny Ramadan -- Pilgrimage to love / Ahmed Umar -- An August, a September and my mother / Amina -- The bad son / Raja Farah -- Dating white people / Tani Safi -- My intersectionality was my biggest bully / Amna Ali -- Trio / Hamed Sinno -- Unheld conversations / Anbara Salam -- Trophy hunters, white saviours and Grindr / Saeed Kayyani -- Dancing like Sherihan / Hasan Namir -- Then came hope / Madian Al Jazerah -- Tweets to a Queer Arab poet / Omar Sakr -- Glossary -- About the contributors.