Middle East: This Arab is Queer

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to July 2nd, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the ch ...  Afficher plus

In the Gulf States, penalties for queer acts can include imprisonment, deportation, torture and even death. Yet the region is dominated by migrants, including queer migrants, who make a deliberate decision to move there. One such migrant is telling their stories, including where ...  Afficher plus

In Between Banat: Queer Arab Critique and Transnational Arab Archives (Duke UP, 2023), Mejdulene Bernard Shomali examines homoeroticism and non-normative sexualities between Arab women in transnational Arab literature, art, and film.  Moving from The Thousand and One Nights and t ...  Afficher plus

For Pride Month, the boys are joined by Elias Jashan, ‘Priti Patel’s worst nightmare’ and editor of the new Anthology This Arab Is Queer, the first of its kind featuring the memoirs of eighteen Queer Arab writers. What inspired Elias to put together this book? Which was the memoi ...  Afficher plus

I have a discussion with two very interesting people; Omar Tom "OT" and Sofiane Si Merabet "The Confused Arab". We discuss the concept of "Arab Identity", what it means to be Arab to different people and how that is always shifting. _ _ This episode is sponsored by Carriage UAE. ...  Afficher plus

This is 'Imshi Imshi,' the podcast that brings you closer to the Arab diaspora's most compelling stories. Join us on a journey through the lives of individuals who bridge worlds, defy expectations, and inspire change. From the heart of the Middle East to the streets of the Wester ...  Afficher plus