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Unspeakable Love Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East

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ISBN-10: 0520250176

ISBN-13: 9780520250178

Edition: 2010

Authors: Brian Whitaker, Anna Wilson

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Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Arab countries. Clerics denounce it as a heinous sin, while newspapers write cryptically of "shameful acts." Although many parts of the world now accept sexual diversity, the Middle East is moving in the opposite direction. In this absorbing account, journalist Brian Whitaker calls attention to the voices of men and women who are struggling with gay identities in societies where they are marginalized and persecuted by the authorities. He paints a disturbing picture of people who live secretive, fearful lives and who are often jailed, beaten, and ostracized by their families, or sent to be "cured" by psychiatrists. Whitaker's exploration of changing sexual…    
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Anna Wilson is both a cat- and dog-type person. She lives in Bradford-on-Avon with her husband, two children, two cats, some chickens and a dog. She is the author of PUPPY LOVE, PUP IDOL, PUPPY POWER, PUPPY PARTY, KITTEN KABOODLE, KITTEN SMITTEN, KITTEN CUPID and MONKEY BUSINESS - all for Macmillan Children's Books. A graduate with a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages from Cambridge University, Anna Wilson went on to become a Picture Book Editor at Macmillan and subsequently a writer of children's books herself.

Introduction
A Note on Terminology
A Question of Honour
In Search of a Rainbow
Images and Realities
Rights and Wrongs
'Should I Kill Myself?'
Sex and Sensibility
Paths to Reform
Notes
Bibliography
Index