What is Queer Arab Art?

We are a safe space, a collection, a canvas.

We are a digital pocket of trailblazers, explorers of what it means to exist in our skins.

Curious? Read on…


“3awrah” - Hejaz Jalal

Women, keepers of sanctity

protect men’s virtue

Allah, kind and just and fair

will burn you

Three of my poems were published by The Write Launch: “Objects,” “Womanhood,” and “3awrah”. You can read them all here.

- Hejaz


“A Toast To My Father” - Hejaz Jalal

I drink from the skull of my father

The poison delicious, dark lager

My very first published poem can be found on The Sad Girls Club Literary Blog. The poem’s called A Toast To My Father. You can read the whole piece on their website.

- Hejaz


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