Representations of Female Homosexuality in Middle Eastern Contemporary Literature: Strategies and Critics

Zayer Baazaoui
Ph.D. candidate in Literary, Cultural and Linguistic Studies
University of Miami, Florida

Zayer Baazaoui explains the connection between the development of society and the development of acceptance of sexualities. He explains references to female homosexuality in early literature and how it was challenged. The development of this idea was influenced by culture, technology, and wars. He explores the resistance over time to the socially acceptable stigma against lesbians throughout Middle Eastern history and how it has changed.

Recorded: October 29, 2018