The fourth essay in This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers, which we'll begin discussing on April 16, "Catching the Light: Reclaiming Opera as a Trans Arab," is by Zeyn Joukhadar. A former opera singer, Joukhadar alludes to YouTube recordings of his performances, but alas, my search did not turn up any of them. (Those of you who have TikTok and Instagram may have better luck there; please let me know if you find any of his work there.) I did, however, find videos of various talks he has given about his writing.
I recognized the name of the first contributor to the anthology, Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy from her Washington Post op-eds, such as "#Mosque MeToo: What happened when I was sexually assaulted during the hajj" (published in 2018).
For those of you who would like to learn more about the other contributors in this first tranche, here are links: Dima Mikhayel Matta, Saleem Haddad, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Khalid Abdel-Hadi, Danny Ramadan and Ahmed Umar.
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