Sunday, September 29, 3:00pm EDT - Livestream & in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011. Livestream link: Bureau of General Services—Queer Division - YouTube
Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.
Marwan Kaabour Presents: The Queer Arab Glossary
The Bureau is thrilled to host Marwan Kaabour for a presentation of The Queer Arab Glossary on Sunday, September 29th, at 3 pm! And we're so excited to welcome Afeef Nessouli back to join Marwan in conversation!
Join journalist Afeef Nessouli, who will be in conversation with Marwan Kaabour, the editor of The Queer Arab Glossary, the first published collection of queer Arabic slang. Featuring fascinating facts and anecdotes, The Queer Arab Glossary 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. The book also includes insightful essays from leading queer Arab artists, academics, activists and writers which situate this groundbreaking glossary in a modern social and political context.
‘This gloriously confident book will be an eye-opening, often unashamedly sexual, revelation and education.’ –The Bookseller
‘The spicy guide to queer Arab slang.’ – The Guardian
‘A little masterpiece’ – Owen Jones
‘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.’ – Sarah Schulman
Livestream link: Bureau of General Services—Queer Division - YouTube