YALLA HABIBI HIT, VI ÄR MUJTAMA AL-MEEM/مجتمع الميم - Queera liv i en syrisk heteronormativ kontext: identiteter i skuggan, motståndsstrategier, och framtida (o)möjligheter
(2025) GNVK22 20251Department of Gender Studies
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Detta projekt undersöker hur ”Mujtama Al-Meem/مجتمع الميم” – queerpersoner i Syrien – hanterar begränsningarna som följer av samhällelig konservatism, politiskt våld och heteronormativitet i deras vardagsliv. Genom kvalitativa onlineintervjuer utforskar projektet hur queera syrier uttrycker sina identiteter, skapar stödnätverk och föreställer sig alternativa framtider. Projektet betonar hur motstånd tar sig uttryck i privata, vardagliga handlingar som poetiskt uttryck, syskonstöd och omsorg inom gemenskapen – utöver individuellt aktivism. Det lyfter fram röster som ofta tystas i dominerande diskurser genom att använda ett teoretiskt ramverk som inkluderar feministisk ståndpunktsteori, centrala queerteoretiska begrepp och postkolonial... (More)
- Detta projekt undersöker hur ”Mujtama Al-Meem/مجتمع الميم” – queerpersoner i Syrien – hanterar begränsningarna som följer av samhällelig konservatism, politiskt våld och heteronormativitet i deras vardagsliv. Genom kvalitativa onlineintervjuer utforskar projektet hur queera syrier uttrycker sina identiteter, skapar stödnätverk och föreställer sig alternativa framtider. Projektet betonar hur motstånd tar sig uttryck i privata, vardagliga handlingar som poetiskt uttryck, syskonstöd och omsorg inom gemenskapen – utöver individuellt aktivism. Det lyfter fram röster som ofta tystas i dominerande diskurser genom att använda ett teoretiskt ramverk som inkluderar feministisk ståndpunktsteori, centrala queerteoretiska begrepp och postkolonial feminism. Det belyser hur faktorer såsom ålder, geografi och social kontext samverkar för att forma olika former av sårbarhet och motståndskraft. Vissa deltagare upplever förtryck i konservativa regioner, medan andra finner större öppenhet i huvudstäder eller kustnära områden. Mer flytande identiteter och stolthet i sin queera tillhörighet förekommer ofta bland unga och bland dem som lever i diaspora. Slutligen visar projektet hur queera syrier skapar sina egna liv trots förtryck, genom att formulera lokalt förankrade visioner om rättvisa och värdighet. Det breddar genus- och sexualitetsforskningen i MENA-regionen och bidrar till en mer nyanserad förståelse av queera identiteter och erfarenheter i icke-västerländska sammanhang. (Less)
- Abstract
- This project explores how ”Mujtama Al-Meem/مجتمع الميم/queer people” in Syria deal with the limitations of societal conservatism, political violence, and heteronormativity in their day-to-day lives. Drawing on qualitative online interviews, it explores how queer Syrians perform their identities, create support networks, and imagine different futures. The project emphasizes how resistance manifests itself in private, everyday activities such as poetic expression, sibling support, and community-based care, in addition to individual activism. It centers voices that are frequently silenced in dominant discourses by utilizing a theoretical framework that incorporates feminist standpoint theory, central queer concepts, and postcolonial feminism.... (More)
- This project explores how ”Mujtama Al-Meem/مجتمع الميم/queer people” in Syria deal with the limitations of societal conservatism, political violence, and heteronormativity in their day-to-day lives. Drawing on qualitative online interviews, it explores how queer Syrians perform their identities, create support networks, and imagine different futures. The project emphasizes how resistance manifests itself in private, everyday activities such as poetic expression, sibling support, and community-based care, in addition to individual activism. It centers voices that are frequently silenced in dominant discourses by utilizing a theoretical framework that incorporates feminist standpoint theory, central queer concepts, and postcolonial feminism. It illustrates how intersecting factors such as age, geography, and social context shape different forms of vulnerability and resilience. Some participants find severe oppression in conservative regions, while others find more openness in capital cities or coastal places. More fluidity and pride in their queer identities is typically exhibited by young people and those living abroad. In the end, the project reveals how queer Syrians create sustainable lives in the face of oppression by providing locally rooted visions of justice and dignity. It broadens the field of gender and sexuality studies in the MENA-region and advances a more comprehensive knowledge of queer identities in non-Western contexts. (Less)
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- author
- Alkuzbari, Aboud LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- GNVK22 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- queer Syria, ”Mujtama Al-Meem/مجتمع الميم”, gender and sexuality, resistance, postcolonial feminism, ” al-khizana/الخزانة”, disidentification, queer futurity. Syriens queer, genus och sexualitet, motstånd, postkolonial feminism, disidentifiering, queer framtid.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9206230
- date added to LUP
- 2025-06-30 10:34:50
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- 2025-06-30 10:34:50
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