My Arab queerness
NISREEN FOX shares the journey to accepting all parts of their identity
NISREEN FOX
My Arab queerness has clashed, mixed, complemented and disagreed with itself since I was conscious. My queerness has been ingrained into my DNA since birth, forming the foundations of my tomboy childhood. An intricate part of my identity, growing up queer has formed the genderfuck appearance which I present today. My Arab heritage has influenced the jewellery, clothes and tattoos I choose to present to the outside world as a proud Palestinian. Though I am the definition of Arab queerness, I am also the internal struggle.