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Recovering the Arab Queer: How to write a historical and “lesbian” novel set in 9th century Iraq (and why does it even matter?)
Date
Wed May 7th 2014, 3:00pm
Location
Pigott Hall (Bldg. 260), Room 252
Speakers): Samar Habib, University of London
Dr. Samar Habib (School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London) “Recovering the Arab Queer: How to a write a historical and “lesbian” novel set in 9th century Iraq (and why does it even matter?)”
Dr. Samar Habib is the author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: histories and representations (Routledge, 2007) and the editor of Islam and Homosexuality (Praeger, 2010). Her debut novel, A Tree Like Rain, was published by Nebula Press in 2005, and Rughum & Najda, a ficto-historical narrative of same-sex love between women in ninth century Baghdad, was published by Oracle Releasing in March 2012. A link to her books in our library: .