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Queer Arab Glossary
Designer and artist Marwan Kababour has been collecting Arabic-language queer slang, and finding some incredible metaphors along the way
Since 2019, Marwan Kaabour has been collecting Arabic slang words used by and about queer people, first for the online community Takweer, and now the newly published Queer Arab Glossary. "When researching for this book, I discovered so much of the sociopolitical, cultural, linguistic, and historical layers that make up the words," he says. He also discovered quite a lot about frying, white beans and worms (metaphorical ones).
Find the episode's transcript, plus more information and links to Marwan's work, at theallusionist.org/queerarabglossary.
