Male-Male Love Classil Arabic Poetry (Chapter 6) - The Cambridge History of Gay and Lbian Lerature

Contents:

• GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE

GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE

In an Abrahamanic world where eroticism is a s, homo-eroticism is somethg that is beyond the very realms of sng. But there was a Mlim poet, 1200 years ago, who immortalized homo-eroticism his poems whout the fear of beg killed or ostracized. Later as he began explorg the ia of human sexualy, his poems were centered around perasty and homo-eroticism.