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Author's note: if you see any reviews or
articles that are not mentioned here, please let
me know.
Beirut, la
speranza dei gay in fuga dal mondo arabo
La Repubblica, 21 August 2007 - in Italian (PDF)
Review of the Arabic edition
Two-part review in Arabic by Asma Nasar (Rose
al-Youssef, Egypt). Part
One; Part
Two
Arab ... and
gay??
Article about Unspeakable Love, plus interview with gay Arab
student (Student Body, McGill University, issue 6)
Coming out in
Arabic: Islam, human rights, and gay rights
Talk given to a seminar at the University
of East London, 21 March 2007.
Axis of Evil
"Haider Jaber thought life as a gay man was harsh under
Saddam Hussein. Then came the invasion. And the aftermath."
The story of an Iraqi who fled to Britain. By Brian Whitaker, GT
magazine (formerly Gay Times), March 2007.
Love
or death?
Review by Robert Julian in the Bay Area Reporter, 25 January
2007.
Unspeakable
Love
Review by Doug Ireland on his blog.
Exploring Middle East’s ‘Unspeakable Love’
Review by Gregory Hamm, New York Blade, January
12, 2007
Fresh
Air
Terry Gross interviews Brian Whitaker about Unspeakable Love on
National Public Radio, 6 December 2006
Under the veil of sexuality
Review by Khaled Diab. Globe and Mail, 2 December 2006
Review
By Kirkus Reviews
Review
Publishers Weekly
Review
By Alexandra Simonon (Democratiya, Autumn 2006)
La Résistance des Homos Musulmans
The October 2006 issue of the French magazine, Têtu,
has an extended feature on gay Muslims. Includes an extract from
Unspeakable Love and an interview with the author.
Unspeakable
love
Homosexuality in the Middle East and the gay Palestinians who
have taken refuge in Israel. By Brian Whitaker (Jewish Quarterly
202, Summer 2006).
Review
By Anne Françoise Weber (Qantara website). Also in German
and Arabic
Behind
the veil: Lesbian lives in the Middle East
Lesbians in the Middle East lead a dangerous existence.
Brian Whitaker explores how, against all odds, they manage to
survive. Diva magazine, July 2006. (Alternative version here.)
'People
think it's a mental illness'
Extract from Unspeakable Love (The Guardian, 13 June 2006)
Forced
underground
Short book review (The Guardian, 10 June 2006)
Interview
with as-Safir
Published in the Lebanese daily, 6 June 2006. In Arabic (image
file).
CNN Insight
Half-hour programme about homosexuality in the Middle East,
including an interview with Brian Whitaker about 'Unspeakable
Love'. (Insight, CNN International, 5 June 2006).
Interview
Shaghayegh Azimi interviews Brian Whitaker about
'Unspeakable Love'. The
MIddle East in London, June 2006, Volume 3, No 1.
Sickness or sin?
Attitudes towards homosexuality in the Middle East
Text of a talk by Brian Whitaker. Lebanese
Psychological Association, Beirut, 26 May 2006.
Talking about
"unspeakable love"
Khaled Diab interviews Brian Whitaker. Diabolic Digest, issue
15, May 2006.
Unspeakable
Love
Review on Arabist blog. 7 May 2006
Unspeakable Love
Ramsay Short interviews Brian Whitaker. Time Out Beirut, May 2006.
Sex
crimes
Brian Whitaker traces the evolution of Middle Eastern homophobia.
New Humanist magazine, May 2006. Also PDF
version.
What's
wrong with being gay and Muslim?
Article by Brian Whitaker, with readers' discussion. Comment Is
Free, 5 May 2006.
Unspeakable
Love
Review on Aqoul blog. 4 May 2006. Plus readers'
discussion
Cultures
of denial
Khaled Diab speaks with Brian Whitaker, author of Unspeakable Love.
Al-Ahram Weekly, 4 May 2006.
Article and
interview (in Arabic)
An-Nahar (Beirut), 7 April 2006. These articles are now only
available through the paid-for archive.
Briton's book gives voice to gay Arabs
'Unspeakable Love' takes overdue look at region's most
misunderstood lifestyle. By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie. Daily Star,
Beirut, 7 April 2006
Why we published
Unspeakable Love
by André Gaspard, co-founder of Saqi Books, 5 April 2006 | 
