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more about #middleeast more comments → Antennapedia: There's an odd second side to this issue. I spent some time living in the Middle East (Qatar) and I know gay people who say that it is actually easie... more » divine booty: Muslim cultures have a deeper public/private divide than western cultures do. It's interesting to me that countries with more integrated public/privat... more » kithkin: The fact of the matter is that half of the laws across the world that prohibit homosexuality today are derived from a single law that the British enac... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: Forgive my ignorance, but when did the letters Q and I get appended to GLBT? And what do they stand for (assuming it's not "Qaran" and "Islam")? more » morninggloria: Teabaggers and the people they want to bomb agree: gays are bad. more » funzette: Thanks for this. Islam does not exist in a vacuum, and is not inherently more dangerous, violent, or extreme than any other religion. Islam as it's pr... more » Laulau: Here's an ever-so-slightly off-topic question. Is there a more handy term than "LGBTQI"? (I'll admit, I've never seen the "I" added myself, but I thin... more » Penny: So, they're saying that Islam was virtually absent of homophobia before the influence of modern Western (I assume, Christian) influence in the 20th ce... more » MadamVi: Two things:1. Cute hijab. I want to have that scarf. I want to wear it with my black business coat and throw it over my shoulder like a contienental s... more » ellaesther: Ok, now you're just taunting me. I'm leaving off the cultural learnings for this one -- I think I've done enough pontificating (rabbi-ficating?) over ... more » kelsium: Declaring something yours "eternally" seems kind of equivalent to yelling "NUH UHH INFINITY!" and thinking the argument is over. /snark (Please don't ... more » hebrewhammer770: pro-"palestinian" business as usual for jezebel. more » Mary McCarthyite: I am LOVING these SJ's lately. more » MizJenkins: Ok, this is so shallow and probably inappropriate in light of the editors' very thoughtful juxtaposition of the last two SJ photos and the weighty soc... more » badmutha: Oh Israel and Palestine. I am starting to feel about like the lady in the picture looks, which is "Again? Really?" more » -
#pride
A Frank Discussion of Homophobia in the Middle East
Looking at title of Salon's "Homophobia on the Rise in the Muslim World," I felt a myself hesitating mid-click. Is this going to be an article on GLBTQI issues or veiled anti-Islam propogranda? Thankfully, the article is the former. More » -
#petroleumpatriarchy
Sally Quinn Peddles Offensive Stereotypes About Middle-Eastern Women On MSNBC
Sally Quinn just got back from a Brookings Institute conference in Doha and, judging by her appearance on MSNBC talking about the status of women in the Middle East, she didn't apparently learn much. More » -
#idont
8-Year-Old Girl Not Old Enough to Divorce Husband, 58
A Saudi court has ruled that an 8-year-old girl who is married to a 58-year-old man cannot divorce her husband until she is older. -
