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
