The first volume of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research كحل: مجلة لأبحاث الجسد و الجندر is available in English here. Arabic version coming soon.
About Kohl: Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research كحل: مجلة لأبحاث الجسد و الجندر is a progressive, new journal on gender and sexuality in the Middle East, South West Asia and North Africa region. Kohl is a biannual, multilingual, open access, and peer-reviewed academic journal. It targets mainly, but not exclusively, graduate-level academics, fresh graduates, independent writers, activists, and researchers who are not affiliated with an academic institution. [1]
Rethinking Intersections: A MENA-centred Definition of Gender and Sexuality (Vol. 1): Table of Contents
Rethinking Intersections, Rethinking Contexts: Writing in Times of Dissent (Editorial) – Ghiwa Sayegh
Feminism as a Moral Imperative in a Globalised World (Commentary) – Arianne Shahvisi
Women as Space/Women in Space: Relocating our Bodies and Rewriting Gender in Space – Jana Nakhal
Reconceptualizing Sexual Harassment in Egypt: A Longitudinal Assessment of el-Taharrush el-Ginsy in Arabic Online Forums and Anti-Sexual Harassment Activism – Angie Abdelmonem
From Diaspora to Nationalism via Colonialism: The Jewish “Memory” Whitened, Israelized, Pinkwashed, and De-Queered – Sahar Mandour
Signifying Bodies: Artistic Representations of Embodiments in the Works of Samir Khaddaje, Rabih Mroué and Lina Saneh – Zéna M. Meskaoui
Pinkwashing: Israel’s International Strategy and Internal Agenda (Testimony) – Ghadir Shafie
Women’s Rights in Iraq: Old and New Challenges (Testimony) – Ilham Hammadi
A Political Movement in Lebanon? A Conversation on Feminism and Queerness (Openings) – Sanaa H.
The Bill on Fighting Violence against Women in Morocco: Anything new? (Resource) – Anass Sadoun
Call for Submissions for Vol. 2
The deadline to apply for submissions for volume 2, “The Non-Exotic Erotic: Questions of Desire and Representation”, has been extended to 2 August 2015. Find out more here.
