Izat Elamoor

Izat Elamoor is a Palestinian studying for a PhD in Sociology of Education at New York University. He studies LGBTQ issues in Palestine with a focus on education, family life, the Palestinian Queer Movement, and LGBTQ life in the Middle East and North Africa with a focus on sociopolitical factors of LGBTQ change since the Arab uprisings of 2011.

Can Netflix make LGBT rights in MENA more mainstream?

While queer representation in "Perfect Strangers" has been welcomed by LGBTQ Arabs and their allies, it will take time to see how this inclusion battle unfolds and the long-term results it will yield for the larger Arab society, writes Izat Elamoor.

02 February, 2022