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    Parvez Sharma’s Jihad for Love in Mecca

    Parvez Sharma’s Jihad for Love in Mecca

    I first beheld Parvez Sharma’s A Jihad For Love at its Sydney premiere in 2007. As I sat to watch it, I felt as though my research career...
    Filmmakers Who Feature Arab Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Characters

    Filmmakers Who Feature Arab Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Characters

    Yes, I dared to use “Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual,” partly because the films themselves depicted identities, not simply behaviors, and...
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    Filmmakers Who Feature Arab Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Characters

    Filmmakers Who Feature Arab Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Characters

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    Lesbian Monsters Might Eat You! Heterosexual Panic in Egyptian Film

    Lesbian Monsters Might Eat You! Heterosexual Panic in Egyptian Film

    The Parable of a Lost Generation: Hippies and Lesbians in the Sadat Era

    The Parable of a Lost Generation: Hippies and Lesbians in the Sadat Era

    A Woman’s Closet Is Her Castle: Lesbian Subtext and Corrective Pretext in Women Without Men

    A Woman’s Closet Is Her Castle: Lesbian Subtext and Corrective Pretext in Women Without Men

    Notes on Cross-Dressing in Early Egyptian Cinema

    Notes on Cross-Dressing in Early Egyptian Cinema

    The Founding Fathers of Egyptian Cinema Were Mothers

    The Founding Fathers of Egyptian Cinema Were Mothers

    Parvez Sharma’s Jihad for Love in Mecca

    Parvez Sharma’s Jihad for Love in Mecca

    Better Than Sex: Queer Auteurship in the Age of Mass Media

    Better Than Sex: Queer Auteurship in the Age of Mass Media

    Sarkhat Untha and The “TIQ” in LGBTIQ

    Sarkhat Untha and The “TIQ” in LGBTIQ

    Filmmakers Who Feature Arab Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Characters

    Filmmakers Who Feature Arab Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Characters

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    Arab Filmmakers Who Feature Lesbians

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