The Myth of the Queer Arab Life

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For most people in the West life in the Arab world for gay people is hard to fathom. It is, like many other parts of life in this region, complicated.

Published Apr. 2 2016 12:01AM EDT

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Saleem Haddad

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The Myth of the Queer Arab Life

For most people in the West life in the Arab world for gay people is hard to fathom. It is, like many other parts of life in this region, complicated.

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Saleem Haddad