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Introduction
Although Arab theatre - in the sense of stage plays - did not develop until the 19th century, the region has other dramatic traditions dating back hundreds of years. These include puppetry, storytelling and Ta'ziyah - a type of religious passion play performed in Shi'a communities.
For…
The footnotes in Unspeakable Love contain a large number of references to websites. For the convenience of readers who wish to look them up, the notes are reproduced here with clickable links.
Notes to Chapter 1
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Notes to Chapter 3
Notes to Chapter 4
Notes to Chapter 5
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Speech by André Gaspard, co-founder of Saqi Books (Dar al Saqi), introducing Unspeakable Love in Beirut, 5 April 2006.
If I may start by saying that if there was any doubt about the necessity of a book such as the one we are celebrating tonight, your presence in such a vast number is enough proof…
Article originally published in Time Out Beirut, May 2006. Reproduced here with permission.
Unspeakable love
Veteran Middle East journalist Brian Whitaker’s groundbreaking new book tackles the still taboo issue of homosexuality in the Arab world, the first in any language to do so. Ramsay Short…
Lesbians in the Middle East lead a dangerous existence. Brian Whitaker explores how, against all odds, they manage to survive. (Article originally published in Diva magazine, July 2006.)
While it’s true that gay men have a tough time in most of the Middle East – recent murders by militias in Iraq…
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Text of a talk given at a conference on Islam and the media, Central London Mosque, 20 June, 2002.
Brian Whitaker, Middle East Editor, The Guardian
It is difficult to talk about the coverage of Islam in the British press without also discussing the effects of September 11. I have spoken to many…
Virtually Islamic:Computer-mediated Communication and Cyber Islamic Environments
by Gary Bunt
(Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2000) ISBN 0-7083-1611-5. £14.99
Reviewed by Brian Whitaker
Available from Amazon[US]or[UK].
It's not every day that a book about the internet…
Elizabeth Poole examines the coverage of Muslims in the British press and suggests that although this is largely negative there are opportunities for more positive developments.
Current debates regarding the representation of Islam in the media suggest that Islam is demonised and distorted by the…
Saudi Arabia, which nervously allowed the first public access to the internet little more than a year ago, claims to have discovered the key to blocking cyberporn, gambling sites and other "undesirable" material.
There are now many internet cafes - constructed to keep male and female surfers apart…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
