Marwan Kaabour
Marwan Kaabour is a graphic designer, artist and writer, and the founder of Takweer – an online archive of queer narratives in Arab history and popular culture. His interdisciplinary practice builds pathways between communication and publication design, curation, pedagogy and political activism. Alongside his independent projects, Kaabour works with non-profit institutions, companies and individuals in the art and culture sector, such as the V&A, Art Basel, National Gallery, Serpentine Galleries, Hayward Gallery and Banksy. He designed the much-celebrated Rihanna book, a Time magazine Best Photo Book of 2019. Kaabour was born in Beirut and currently lives and works in London.
The Queer Arab Glossary constitutes an extensive snapshot of the linguistic landscape of queerness in the Arabic-speaking region. The entries reach out into the ancient as well as the recent past, but predominantly survey the language of today. They encapsulate the lexicon of the queer Arab community in all of its differences, particularities, and quirks.