Queerness, Literature and Revolution w/ Saleem Haddad (E63)

Today we'll be talking to Saleem Haddad. He is the author of Guapa, the director of Marco and a 2nd time guest on The Fire These Times.Topics discussed:What constitutes queer literature?; Muhammad Abdelnabi; Ocean Vuong;  James Baldwin; The Personal is Political; Pedro Lemebel; Israeli  pinkwashing; criticizing the so-called ‘gay international’ by Joseph  Massad; how ‘anti-imperialism’ and ‘post-colonialism’ is used by  authoritarian groups and regimes including Hezbollah and Assad;  Queerness in revolutionary settings (in the Arab-majority world);  Revolutionary feminism; LGBTQ liberation and the Syrian revolution;  being sensitive to authoritarian logic; queerness as a changing and  developing identity; understanding social constructs.Books/Works Mentioned:In the spider’s room: a novel by Muhammad AbdelnabiOn earth we’re briefly gorgeous by Ocean VuongGo tell it on the mountain by James BaldwinManifesto (I speak for my difference) by Pedro LemebelFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziCleanness by Garth GreenwellThe appointment by Katharina Volckmer