"Queerness and the Revolution: Towards an Alternative Syrian Archive"
I am happy to share with you these works of digital collage which I have been working on for this autumn . The file "Queerness and the Revolution: Towards an Alternative Syrian Archive". They are four artworks for four articles with Syrian LGBTIQ community and Syrianuntold . that will tackle issues such as the revolution, conflicts, memory, and building alternative archives from diverse queer perspectives.
the first article in the file on Queerness and the Revoltion by Leel Yousef, titled "Strategies for Rebellion: AQueer Reading of the Syrian Revolution". In thjs article, Leel offers important analyses and raises urgent questions about discourses around the revolution (by the regime and the opposition factions) and wonders about the place of LGBTIQ Syrians within these conversations. Leel deconstructs such hegemonic discourses by highlighting the importance of using queerness as a perspective and a critical tool that might help us look beyond pro-regime vs. opposition binaries and imagine different and non-normative strategies for rebellion that are more just and more inclusive.
the link of the article : https://bit.ly/2StqfR6
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The second article in our Queerness and the Revolution series. In Ward's article "In the Shadow of that Flag". In this article, the authorwrites ab out questions of identity and belonging. In his personal narratives and analyses, he focuses on the complex relationship between the individual/society, the intersectionality of identities, and concepts that have been strongly present in the last years, such as revolution, homeland, and the flag.
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Here is the third article of the Queerness and the Revolution file. In this article, Nour Salem (Pseudonym) follows and analyses some of the reactions, tensions, and the impact of the news of Sarah Hegazi's passing on the author himself and parts of the Syrian LGBTIQ communities in Syria. Moreover, the author traces some the changes in discourses around gender and sexuality before and after the revolution, changes that he claims become quite evident in the different nature of the recent discussions and debates in the Syrian public and virutal sphere surrounding Sarah Hegazi's passing.
Here is the link in English: https://syriauntold.com/2020/10/20/sarah-hegazi-in-syria/
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The fourth article in the Queerness and Revolution file by Dr. Ayman Huda Menem, in which he presents an overview of the dynamics of gender and sexuality in Syria before and after the revolution from cultural, political, social, and legal perspectives. Moreover, he presents critical analyses of the recent developments in the years following the uprisings in relation to LGBTIQ issues in Syria and their place within revolutionary political and legal discourses.
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