Opinion pieces

Queer Languages: Arabization and Westernization

8 September, 2024

عربي Words by TazirTranslated by Hiba MoustafaArtworks by Samar ZureikThis article is a supplement within the “Frenquencies” issue In a gro...

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No Face, No Case: Seeking Intimacy and Pleasure in Anonymity

4 September, 2024

عربي Words by Khaled A.Artworks by MloukhiyyéThis article is part of the “The Wawa Complex” issue I grew up on the internet. The abundance of in...

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Mixed Signals in Tunis: On Queer Women’s Relationship to Visibility

1 August, 2024

عربي Words by Leila BArtworks by Omar KhlifThis feature is part of the “Frenquencies” issue We are in 2015, and I’m sitting in a bar in Downtown...

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Beirut’s queer nightlife: Sounds of resistance in a traumatized city

30 July, 2024

عربي Words by Sirine GermanyArtworks by Heba TarekThis piece is part of the “Frenquencies” issue Wars, bombings, socio-economic collapse, nothing see...

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Shrieking Sheikhs

15 July, 2024

عربي Words by J.D HarlockArtworks by QadudaThis piece is part of the “Frenquencies” issue Note on the word "sheikh:"In Lebanon, sheikh is a...

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Feminine Expression in a Spaceless City

24 June, 2024

Words and sound by Malalaalaaa Images by ASLI This piece is part of the “Frenquencies” issue As imperfect humans we are allergic to what ...

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