Queer Books by Arab Authors
April is Arab American Heritage month!
I wanted to put together a small list of Queer Arab books. And even though it's Arab /American/ I did want to also highlight non-american Arab and Muslim authors as well.
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You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
Koolaids by Rabih Alameddine
This Arab is Queer by Elias Jahshan
The Skin and It's Girl by Sarah Cypher
Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. by Noor Hindi
Are You This? or Are You This? by Madian Al Jazerah
Blood Orange by Yaffa As
Nayra and the Djinn by Iasmine Omar Ata
Guapa by Saleem Haddad
A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar
The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan
Against The Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
All The Parts We Exile by Roza Nozari
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar
Roses in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi
How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
Only Ever One Choice by Ilham Asra
Unbecoming by Seema Yasmin
Son of Sin by Omar Sakr
The Carpet Weaver by Nemat Sadat
No Time Like Now by Naz Kutub
In Sensorium by Tanïs
Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabrina Khan
Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed
Halal If You Hear Me by Fatimah Asghar & Safia Elhillo
note: links are subject to change.
