DISRUPTING THE STATUS QUO : Coast is Queer panel event
Eric Page
DISRUPTING THE STATUS QUO
Panel event with Elias Jahshan (This Arab is Queer)
and Golnoosh Nour (Queer Life, Queer Love)
Chaired by Maryam Din
Two new collections of life writing and short fiction salute the richness of queer life experience – This Arab is Queer celebrates the varied experiences of the queer diasporic community. Queer Life, Queer Love expands upon queer difference, queer curiosity and queer solidarity. Editors Elias Jahshan and Golnoosh Nour discuss the interweaving of the personal and the political in these two daring anthologies with queer activist, writer and speaker Maryam Din.