منتابع هيدا الأسبوع الجزء الثاني والأخير من مقابلتنا مع ضيفاتنا الكتير عزيزات ع قلوبنا، وكتير مميزات: القوسيات من فلسطين

اليوم، ضيفاتنا كتير عزيزات ع قلوبنا، وكتير مميزات، ليش؟ ببساطة، لأنهن “قوسيات”.
شو يعني “قوسيات”؟
يعني هني مجموعة رجال ونساء وغيره، بيناضلوا كل يوم من أجل التنوع الجندري والجنسي، وبيدفعوا الثمن بكتير من الأحيان. بعدكن عم تسألوا شو يللي بيميزهن؟ اللي بيميزهن هوي (غير انهن أشخاص رائعين على المستوى الشخصي!) انهن موجودات بأغلى أرض، وأجمل أرض، وأبعد أرض، وأقرب أرض: فلسطين. ولهالسبب، بيضطروا كل يوم يكافحوا لمجموعة من القضايا غير التنوع الجندري والجنسي: الاحتلال الداخل بتفاصيل حياتهن اليومية، مناهضة التطبيع اللي محاصر العالم العربي من الجهات الأربع، الأوضاع الاقتصادية والاجتماعية، محاولات التخوين اليومية من عدة أطراف، وأكيد، مشاكلهن على لمستوى الشخصي نظرا لهوياتهن الجندرية والجنسية المختلفة.

You’re almost in your mid-twenties and your mother still thinks you should wait until you’re married before spreading your legs in front of a gynecologist. What she doesn’t know is that you’ve been sexually active for quite some time now; you’ve had a few flings, three one-night-stands (four, if you count that accidental quickie with [...]

One of two safe houses supported by London-based human rights organization “Iraqi LGBT” was raided over two weeks ago in Karbala, Iraq. Reports claim that, before setting the house on fire, police officers took with them all six occupants of the shelter after having broken in and brutally attacked each occupant.
One of the six occupants [...]

From April 28th till May 3rd 2010, Cairo was the hub from which 19 activists from across seven Arab countries designed and launched a network of peer support for young feminists in Arab societies.
Perhaps too aware that this was going to be my first meeting with a majority of young non-queer Arab feminists, I was [...]

Palestinian Queers for BDS (PQBDS) is a newly launched group of Palestinian queer activists who live in the Palestinian Occupied Territory and inside Israel, who came together to promote and stand for the Palestinian civil society call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, that was launched in July 2005. Four days after PQBDS’ first [...]

In most social circles today, when the question of Arab feminism is brought up, eyebrows are raised and the question shifts to whether or not Arabs have a feminist history to begin with. Is feminism a Western construct that, we, the locals of this world,  are trying toadapt to suit the needs of our own contexts? When I  claim, with all my might, “I [...]

With a lot of drive and ambition, one year ago, a group of young feminists launched the Feminist Collective (FC) in Beirut. “After an exciting feminist 2009, lots of achievements, lots of disappointments, always challenging, always enriching, after a few months of hiatus that were not without brainstorming & conversations, today we re-launch a re-attempt at a feminist collective organized differently for 2010 [...]

We’ve compiled a selection of the coolest gay-themed stencils on the streets of Beirut. Which ones had the most impact and why? Vote for your favorite Top 3 and tell us why you like them in the comment box and we’ll tally the votes in the next issue.

From October 4th to October 7th 2009, the American University of Beirut (AUB) will host “Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective,” the awaited conference that will bring together feminist thinkers, researchers and scholars from the region and around the world.

The event is organized by The Lebanese Association of Women Researchers (Bahithat) and in [...]