Academic Minute

The Academic Minute: Challenging misconceptions about queer sexualities in Arab cultures

Nov 15, 2023 • By Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque

In The Academic Minute, Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, a queer Palestinian poet and associate professor in the department of gender, women’s, and sexuality studies discusses her first boo. “My research looks at how Arab people experience and narrate their queerness in unexpected ways. For example, Arabs may be in same-sex relationships but might not claim gay or lesbian identities.”