Read more
This Queer Arab Family celebrates the family we inherit and the friends we choose as family. Elias Jahshan presents ten LGBTQ+ writers from across the Arab world and diaspora who are redefining what traditional families look like. From raising children with dad and dad, to cooking with sisters on the other side of the world and finding kinship in gender neutral toilets, community can be found in the most unexpected places. This groundbreaking collection is testament to the challenges and triumphs that bind us together. This Queer Arab Family is here to slay.
About the author
Elias Jahshan (he/him) is a Palestinian-Lebanese-Australian journalist and writer. He is a former editor of Star Observer, Australia’s longest-running LGBTQ+ media outlet, and a former board member of the Arab Council Australia. His short memoir ‘Coming Out Palestinian’ was anthologised in Arab Australian Other: Stories on Race and Identity, and he has written freelance for outlets including The Guardian, SBS Voices, My Kali and The New Arab. Born and raised in western Sydney, he now lives in London. Jahshan edited the anthology This Arab Is Queer (Saqi Books), a ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Arab writers.
