queer — Features

Kasra Jalilipour’s Fragments of Truth and Fiction

Writer Tamaa Almashama takes us through artist Kasra Jalilipour’s work and research into Taj al-Sultanah’s memoirs, and how they allowed room for speculative fiction to exist using a queer lens into Iranian queer history within the Iranian LGBTQIA+ diaspora.

ARTS & CULTUREAZEEMA -August 11, 2023iran, queer, katayoun jalilipour, lgbtqia

On the complexity of Cairo, young love, and the Arab Spring: In conversation with playwright Ahlam

Ahlamd, the anonymous playwright of You Bury Me, sits down with Shams Hanieh to explore what it means to grow up as an adolescent, to find love and lust for the first time, amidst the rubble of a politically turbulent city like Cairo during its protests.

RESISTANCE, ARTS & CULTUREAZEEMA -March 27, 2023play, playwright, egyptian, egypt, cairo, woman, queer

For LGBTQIA+ creators like Furmaan Ahmed, the digital world opens doors to the real world

Multidisciplinary artist, Furmaan Ahmed, discusses their experience as a queer creator on Instagram with writer Olivia Griffith, and their role in the new Instagram spotlight series, This Is Me: Gen Queer, which celebrates lesser-heard, intersectional voices within the LGBTQIA+ community in the UK.