Opinion pieces

Transgender Men and Women Forge their Way towards Unprotected Rights

11 July, 2018

المقال بالعربي هنا Written by Hiba Abu Taha* Translated by Ayyam AlSafadi For most of his life, Muna (whose name has been changed) ne...

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Debunking the Myth of Representation

27 June, 2018

المقال بالعربي By Dr. Nof Nasser-Eddin and Dr. Nour Abu-Assab Art work by Ahmed Morsi, from the Flying Horse Series When we were firs...

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Is “Group Identity” just another form of dogma?

28 May, 2018

By Yazan Jayyousi Art work by Sarah Maple Featured art work: ‘Haram’ oil on canvas, 2008 Sitting editor: Eliza Marks Although there is now a s...

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Troubling Knowledge: The Politics of Representation in Academic Writing

3 May, 2018

المقال بالعربي هنا Photographed by Omar Sha3 Styled by Fadi Zumot Modeled by Miramar and Noor Creative Direction: Khalid Abdel-Hadi Sitting edi...

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Fetishization for the Sake of Representation: Poetry and Cis-Power

10 April, 2018

بالعربي Written by: A.W. Rahman Art work by: Yasmine Diaz (scroll down for short bio) Featured Image: There's something between the two of them / شــيءٌ بي...

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Globalizing the Closet: Is ‘Coming Out’ a Western concept?

30 March, 2018

المقال بالعربي هنا By Musa Shadeedi Artist: Yazan Setabouha Photography: Salim Salameh Modelled by: Lamia Sawafta Translated to english by: I. ...

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publishings

Autistic, dysfunctional, queer Moroccan: What the System Broke in Me

Silence, Rage, Survival: Queer Lives at the Edge of Borders

Sovereign Sweat: We Undress to Remember