The idea for this book emerged in 2009 when I came across a journalistic article in the New York Times called “Beirut, The Provincetown of the Middle East,” by Patrick Healy (2009). This piece positioned Beirut as an exceptional “gay frien..
Ghassan Moussawi
Ghassan Moussawi is Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. He received his BA and MA from the American University of Beirut, and his PhD from Rutgers University. His work has appeared in Gender, Place, and Culture, Sexualities, The Sociological Review, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, and Introducing the New Sexuality Studies.