Title: Female homosexuality in the Middle East : histories and representations /
Authors: Habib, Samar.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Motion Pictures; Literature; Homosexuality, Female; Lesbianism Middle East.; Lesbianism Islamic countries.; Homosexuality Middle East.; Lesbianism in literature.; Lesbianism in motion pictures.; Arabic literature History and criticism.; Middle East; Middle East
Contents: Introduction: Contemporary views of female homosexuality in the Middle East -- Constructing and deconstructing sexuality : new paradigms for "gay" historiography -- An overview of medieval literature concerning female homosexuality -- A close reading of Aĥmad Ibn Yusuf Tifashi's Nuzhat al Albab : toward re-envisioning the Islamic Middle East -- Contemporary representations of female homosexuality in Arabic literature and criticism -- Some like it luke-warm : a brief history of the representation of (homo)sexuality in Egyptian film -- Conclusion: Homosexuals, the people of Lot, and the future of Arabic homosexuality.