Resisting Far-Right Politics in the Middle East and Europe provides an empirically grounded exploration of different case studies on anti-LGBTQ and anti-gender mobilizations of the far-right in Europe and the Middle East. The contributions engage with multilayered histories of gender and sexuality politics that connect the Middle East and Europe, informed by histories of colonialism, racism and border controls.
A second, underlying objective of this volume is to contribute to decolonised knowledge productions by de-centering Europe and simultaneously de-exceptionalising the Middle East. The contributors commit to respecting the heterogeneity and complexity of these regions by focusing on grounded and life experiences. Ultimately, this volume illustrates a conceptualisation of the broad spectrum of far-right politics and queer feminist critiques as manifested in a wide array of contexts, including academia, politics and everyday lives.
Al-Ali, Nadje: - Nadje Al-Ali is Robert Family Professor of International Studies and Professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies at Brown University. Her main research interests revolve around feminist activism and gendered mobilization, with a focus on Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, and the Kurdish political movement. Her publications include What kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq (University of California Press, 2009, co-authored with Nicola Pratt); Women and War in the Middle East: Transnational Perspectives (Zed Books, 2009, co-edited with Nicola Pratt) and Gender, Governance and Islam (University of Edinburgh, 2019, co-edited with Deniz Kandiyoti and Kathryn Spellman).
Altay, Tunay: - Tunay Altay is a postdoctoral researcher in sociology and gender studies at Humboldt University of Berlin. He specializes in queer migration and sexual politics in the context of Europe and the Middle East. By following queer feminist methodologies, he focuses on the experiences of migrant sex workers, drag performers, and LGBTQ activists and how they navigate social exclusion and marginalization in Europe. His 2020 article (co-authored with Gökce Yurdakul and Anna C. Korteweg) is the recipient of the Best Article Award by the Council for European Studies' Gender and Sexuality Research Network. He published widely in academic journals, including in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ethnic and Migration Studies, and the European Journal of Women's Studies.
Galor, Katharina: - Katharina Galor is a Senior Lecturer of Judaic Studies at Brown University. She specializes in the visual and material culture of Israel-Palestine with a focus on gender studies. She is the author of Finding Jerusalem: Archaeology between Science and Ideology (University of California Press, 2017) and Jewish Women: Between Conformity and Agency (Routledge, 2024); the co-author of The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins through the Ottomans (Yale University Press, 2015, with Hanswulf Bloedhorn) and The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians (Duke University Press, 2020, with Sa'ed Atshan) and the co-editor of Gender and Social Norms in Ancient Israel, Early Judaism and Christianity. Texts and Material Culture (Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements, 2019, with Michaela Bauks and Judith Hartenstein), and Reel Gender: Palestinian and Israeli Cinema (Bloomsbury Press, 2022, with Sa'ed Atshan).
