"Queer Muslims" with Alberto Fernández Carbajal

Dr Alberto Fernández Carbajal (University of Roehampton) tells me all about their insightful book Queer Muslim Diasporas in Contemporary Literature and Film (2019) in this episode. We cover their favourite reads and learn what a Muslim perspective can teach us about queerness. This kind of research is all about changing perspectives and fostering understanding, so I do hope you will be understanding when it comes to the sound of Alberto’s beautiful scarf that I was unable to remove from the audio entirely…Check out Alberto's book here:https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526128102/Scholars and concepts mentioned:John McLeod’s Life Lines: Writing Transcultural Adoptionhttps://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/life-lines-writing-transcultural-adoption-9781472590404/Lena Mattheis’s Translocality in Contemporary City Novelshttps://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030666866James Procter’s DiasporaSara Ahmed’s Queer PhenomenologyAbraham B. Weil’s Trans*versalityIbn al-'Arabi’s ImaginalNovels and films mentioned:Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation ArmyHanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette/The Buddha of SuburbiaIan Iqbal Rashid‘s A Touch of PinkFerzan Özpetek's Hamam’s The Turkish Bath (Steam in the US)Shamim Sarif's I Can't Think StraightSally El Hosaini's My Brother the DevilRolla Selbak's Three VeilsRabih Alameddine: Koolaids/The HakawatiRanda Jarrar's A Map of HomeMaggie Nelson’s The ArgonautsAudrey Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My NameGuess what? Alberto is on Twitter (@AlbyFCarbajal), as am I (@Lena_Mattheis).Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:1. Why is it important to think postcolonial and queer perspectives together?2. What does ‘diaspora’ mean and why is it central to Alberto’s research?3. What does intersectionality mean here?4. What is the white saviour?5. What does Alberto say about Muslim storytelling?