Elias Jahshan and This Queer Arab Family at Bookmarks

To celebrate the publication of This Queer Arab Family, join us from 6:30pm on Friday 12 September in welcoming author and editor Elias Jahshan for an in-conversation event at Bookmarks Bookshop, Britain’s leading socialist bookshop.

In Arab culture, tradition often dictates an individual’s role in a family, with personal desires subsumed in favour of unity. So, what happens when Queer Arabs challenge and re-imagine these expectations? This Queer Arab Family celebrates the beauty of chosen kin and the everyday acts of care and survival that bind Queer Arabs to each other. Here, ten LGBTQ+ writers from across the Arab world and diaspora redefine what family looks like.

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