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Episode 54 in English: Alireza in Beirut

Alireza Shojaian is an incredible artist from Iran who is living in Beirut. One of our recent guests – Munir – was kind enough to get us in touch with him! We were destined to talk to him, as it turns out that we had seen his work in New Yo

The Queer Arabs · Alia, Ellie, Ahmed, Nadia and Adam

March 8, 20190m 44sExplicit

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Alireza Shojaian is an incredible artist from Iran who is living in Beirut.  One of our recent guests – Munir – was kind enough to get us in touch with him!  We were destined to talk to him, as it turns out that we had seen his work in New York City last year at Mark for Redaction (check out the episode from that event here: https://thequeerarabs.com/podcast/episode-37-in-english-mark-for-redaction).   Alireza’s queer-centered art provokes emotions that are lasting and that will linger in the back of your mind for a long time after encountering it. An example is “Season Salad” confronts the painful…