Seeking uncanny, fun, experimental, creepy, sarcastic, playful, vulgar, inventive, sexual, weird, sweet, and evocative works, editors Samia Marshy and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch set out to collect Arab and Arabophone queer writing. The result is an anthology brimming with gems by emerging and established writers and an homage to the lineages and complexities of queer Arab life. Multi-genre, multi-generational, and global, El Ghourabaa is an enigma, a delight, and a contribution to an ongoing conversation and creative outpouring.

In addition to Marshy and El Bechelany-Lynch, contributors include: Leila Marshy, Trish Salah, Olivia Tapiero, Nour Symon, Yehia Anas Sabaa, Nofel, Hoda Adra, Ralph Haddad, Seif Siddiq, Karim Kattan, Andrea Abi-Karam, Bazeed, George Abraham, Sarah O'Neal, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Naja Kassir, Micaela Kaibni Raen, Nour Kamel, Barrak Alzaid, Joe Kadi, Marlin M. Jenkins, Etel Adnan, Sherine Elbanhawy, and Rabih Alameddine.

Samia Marshy is a full-time reader and part-time writer located in Tio'tià:ke (Montreal, QC). She is a registered massage therapist and studied human geography and history at Concordia. Her work has focused on making sure body care is as accessible as possible. She co-wrote "The Hands That Planted Them" with Lee Lai, published in Metal Hurlant, and was an editor for The Philistine by Leila Marshy.

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Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a queer Arab poet living in Tio'tia:ke, unceded Kanien'kehá:ka
territory. Their work has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 anthology, GUTS, Carte
Blanche, the Shade Journal, The New Quarterly, Arc Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere. They
were longlisted for the CBC poetry prize in 2019. You can find them on Instagram and Twitter
@theonlyelitareq. Their book knot body was published by Metatron Press in September 2020. The Good Arabs is their second poetry collection.

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