The Queer Arabs 🏳️‍🌈

Ep 218: Clarissa Bitar is an accomplished Palestinian oud musician and composer hailing from Los Angeles, California. Check out the episode! 🎵

Ep. 217: Bijhan Agha is a trans Persian-American comic artist living in Uruguay, and second-time podcast guest! This time, she joined us to talk about her latest superhero comic “The Legendary X-Knights” for which the Kickstarter comes out today!

Ep. 216: Sheyam Ghieth is an artist, organizer, Egyptian propagandist, and repeat podcast guest after 4 years! Sheyam is a co-founder of Creators for Gaza, a SWANA-led mutual-aid network connecting artists and amplifiers with Palestinian families facing genocide.

We’re back with an episode with Alia, Ellie, and Nadia talking about lots of things. Check out your favorite podcast app or our website for episode 215!

Ep. 214: @HMoushabeck Hannah Moushabeck is a 2nd-generation Palestinian American author, editor, & book marketer. She is the author of Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine. 🍉❤️

Test -- trying to figure out why Hannah's episode descrip is not posting here every time I try! What's going on w Twitter?

Ep. 213: Yaffa is a trans displaced Palestinian activist, engineer, death and birthing doula, peer support specialist, and artist. This is a beautiful episode. ❣️

Ep. 212: Lamya H., author of Hijab Butch Blues, joined us for a wonderful episode! @lamyaisangry was incredible to talk to and we know you'll love this conversation. #queerarabs #queerdesi #queersouthasian #queermuslim #podcast #hijabbutchblues #stonebutchblues

Ep. 211 Mental Health for Liberation Finlay Sarafa McHale (@finlay.sw) is a queer Iraqi/Chaldean-American clinical social worker. Recently, they have been facilitating a free peer support group for queer Palestinians and SWANA people.

my heart is thoroughly broken. so many people being massacred. my family village Jenin bombed. do not tell us how to grieve or how to resist. do not be shocked by our grief and our cries and our insistence that you not remain quiet.

Episode 210: Heterosexuals for Palestine Leila a PhD candidate in Performance Studies at UC Berkeley, as well as a dancer, choreographer, organizer, and sometimes disorganized person. She researches Palestinian dance and the role of dance in US and Israeli cultural imperialism.

Ep. 209: We got to have Amina Shareef Ali back for another episode!  She was on the podcast all the way back in January 2021 (episode 147), and we now had a wonderful conversation about her upcoming album, In the Dark (Awake of Course), volume 2.

Episode 208 [in English]: Pride for Sarah Hegazi CW: general discussion of suicide Taim discusses their org's 2nd protest that took place. It was in the summer of 2023, dedicated to the Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi and the Saudi trans woman Eden Knight.

Ep. 207: We were joined by the wonderful Bijhan Agha, a Persian-American author and creator living in Uruguay. Bijhan talked about her wonderful creation, Kobra Olympus.  Access on your fave podcast app or thequeerarabs.com

We're SO excited to be launching The Grapevine!! 🍇🍇🍇 In this new series our incredible guests will be sharing their top arts, culture and lifestyle picks, and kicking things off is none other than the iconic @Bashar__Murad! Read his #hotlist now ⬇️ pinkjinn.com/2023/06/21/the…

Ep. 206: We start off this episode by asking an AI to write a script for our podcast and doing a reading (did the AI get it right?) Then we talk about our actual lives. #queerarabs #queerarab #podcast #bucees #wafflehouse #zelda    #chatgpt

Ep. 205: @NoorAldayeh is a visual artist from LA. Our convo centered around Noor’s thesis project ​​”Hayati (حياتي) - My Life / My Love," an archive of queer, Middle Eastern and North African women and gender non-conforming-individuals across the US. #queerarab #queerswana

We'll be back @sohotheatre for another round of #music #poetry & #openmic with our incredible live band improvising throughout! Oh and as per tradition there will be Mama Khalid's Kashmiri pink tea being served so yeah... Get those tickets now! sohotheatre.com/shows/makrooh-4

@ChrisChedrawi LOL!!

This just in: we were told that we are pushing a Haram Agenda - I've never been so honored 💖