{"product_id":"the-queer-arab-glossary","title":"The Queer Arab Glossary","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen conventional language does not equip us with the tools to speak about ourselves, we create our own. Slang expresses words and feelings that break down boundaries. It is a form of protest and fills in the gaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Queer Arab Glossary\u003c\/em\u003e is the first published collection of Arabic LGBTQ+ slang. This bold guide captures the lexicon of the queer Arab community in all its differences, quirks and felicities. Featuring fascinating facts and anecdotes, it contains more than 300 terms in both English and Arabic, ranging from the humorous to the harrowing, serious to tongue-in-cheek, pejorative to endearing. Here, leading queer Arab artists, academics, activists and writers offer insightful essays situating this groundbreaking glossary in a modern social and political context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith beautiful, witty illustrations, \u003cem\u003eThe Queer Arab Glossary\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful response to pervasive myths and stereotypes around sexuality and an invitation to take a journey into queerness throughout the Arab world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include Saqer Almarri, Nisrine Chaer, Sophie Chamas, Rana Issa, Adam HajYahia, Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, Hamed Sinno and Abdellah Taïa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Queer Arab Glossary\u003c\/em\u003e was made possible with the generous support of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture – AFAC, Mophradat, Bashar Assaf and Mohammed Fakhro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This gloriously confident book will be an eye-opening, often unashamedly sexual, revelation and education to most … It’s a rare blessing that \u003ci\u003eThe Queer Arab Glossary\u003c\/i\u003e manages to capture a slang consciousness that otherwise might have slipped by.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Language reflects and creates reality and Marwan Kaabour’s revolutionary volume insists on and makes possible a future rooted in the recognition of continuous histories.'\u003cbr\u003eSarah Schulman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe Queer Arab Glossary\u003c\/i\u003e conjures community, resilience, and breathing space in the form of a book. As a project and offering rooted in archival care and memory work it remains refreshingly committed to laying bricks towards a future of recognition and emancipation. \u003ci\u003eThe Queer Arab Glossary\u003c\/i\u003e is but a beginning, but one that is brimming with aliveness and possibility.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnOther Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Insightful, hilarious, sassy and deeply expansive.'\u003cbr\u003eDan Glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Saqi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48710056378698,"sku":"9780863560927","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/TQAG_final-cover.webp?v=1718364399","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/the-queer-arab-glossary","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}