Fadi Saleh
Biographic Data
| ID | 906455 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fadi Saleh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fadi |
| FAMILY NAME | Saleh |
| SIGNATURE | SALEH F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Göttingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5182-3742 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction to special issue
The aim of this special issue is to unpack the tenuous relationship between queer liberalisms and marginal mobilities within contested political contexts in the Global South and North. Establishing the special issue’s thematic and theoretical framework, it firstly, theorizes “queer liberalism” as a mode of governance and a critique and contextualizes the term within a genealogy of queer politics. Secondly, it discusses “marginal mobilities” as an…
Beyond queer liberalism
In this afterword, the author revisits and highlights some of the main arguments and analyses raised throughout the special issue. To do that, he focuses on an incident that took place during World Pride 2021, which was held in both Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden. As two gay Ugandan activists with refugee status in Germany were on their way from Copenhagen to Malmö to take part in the LGBT Refugees Summit, they were detained for two hours…
Transgender as a Humanitarian Category
In this article, the author foregrounds transgender as a useful category of analysis to shed light on the issue of gender variance and its articulations within the encounter between Syrian queer and gender-variant refugees and the humanitarian-asylum complex. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with Syrian queer and gender-variant refugees in Istanbul in 2014 and 2015, this article contends that transgender as a term first circulates among …
Queer/Humanitarian Visibility
Prior to the Syrian uprisings in 2011, Syrian queer and trans* populations were rather unknown and irrelevant to global LGBT politics, Western media, and humanitarian efforts. This changed considerably after the uprisings as representations steadily increased and proliferated on social media and in journalistic accounts. This article traces this shift and argues that queer and trans* Syrians became visible primarily through a queer/humanitarian m…
Queer/Humanitarian Visibility
Prior to the Syrian uprisings in 2011, Syrian queer and trans* populations were rather unknown and irrelevant to global LGBT politics, Western media, and humanitarian efforts. This changed considerably after the uprisings as representations steadily increased and proliferated on social media and in journalistic accounts. This article traces this shift and argues that queer and trans* Syrians became visible primarily through a queer/humanitarian m…
Transgender as a Humanitarian Category
In this article, the author foregrounds transgender as a useful category of analysis to shed light on the issue of gender variance and its articulations within the encounter between Syrian queer and gender-variant refugees and the humanitarian-asylum complex. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with Syrian queer and gender-variant refugees in Istanbul in 2014 and 2015, this article contends that transgender as a term first circulates among …
Transgender as a Humanitarian Category
In this article, the author foregrounds transgender as a useful category of analysis to shed light on the issue of gender variance and its articulations within the encounter between Syrian queer and gender-variant refugees and the humanitarian-asylum complex. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with Syrian queer and gender-variant refugees in Istanbul in 2014 and 2015, this article contends that transgender as a term first circulates among …
Queer/Humanitarian Visibility
Prior to the Syrian uprisings in 2011, Syrian queer and trans* populations were rather unknown and irrelevant to global LGBT politics, Western media, and humanitarian efforts. This changed considerably after the uprisings as representations steadily increased and proliferated on social media and in journalistic accounts. This article traces this shift and argues that queer and trans* Syrians became visible primarily through a queer/humanitarian m…
Introduction to special issue
The aim of this special issue is to unpack the tenuous relationship between queer liberalisms and marginal mobilities within contested political contexts in the Global South and North. Establishing the special issue’s thematic and theoretical framework, it firstly, theorizes “queer liberalism” as a mode of governance and a critique and contextualizes the term within a genealogy of queer politics. Secondly, it discusses “marginal mobilities” as an…
Beyond queer liberalism
In this afterword, the author revisits and highlights some of the main arguments and analyses raised throughout the special issue. To do that, he focuses on an incident that took place during World Pride 2021, which was held in both Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden. As two gay Ugandan activists with refugee status in Germany were on their way from Copenhagen to Malmö to take part in the LGBT Refugees Summit, they were detained for two hours…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Queer (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)