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We spoke to Layle and Kayan who run the online zine Zafaraan Collective! Check out the website to see all of the issues: https://www.zafaraan.org/
This space serves as a queer collective of SWANA art; please reach out to Kayan and Layle at [email protected] if you’d like to submit a piece. This is the email address with which to donate to their PayPal account as well.
Please follow them on their Facebook page and @zafaraan_collective on Instagram.
Beruit-based writer, actress, and storyteller Dima Mkhayel Matta (Follow on IG: @dimamatta) joined Nadia Khayrallah (@nadiainherownworld) and Adam Elsayigh (@adamelsayigh) to talk about her recent solo show, her storytelling series Cliffhangers Storytelling, the challenges of navigating censorship and orientalist tropes, the importance of (queer) art in revolution, and more! She also reads a few excerpts of her piece “This is not a memorized script, this is a well-rehearsed story,” presented through Zoukak Theater Company and developed at the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab.
Note: Unfortunately, Dima’s residency at Theater Mitu in Brooklyn, discussed in the podcast, has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. We hope to see this collaboration happen in the future!
Referenced in the episode: Every Single Article Ever Written About Being Gay in Beirut in One Convenient Article
Pictured is Dima wearing this iconic shirt from Nadia (as mentioned in the episode)!
This episode was recorded and edited by Nadia.
