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Mar 22

Helping My Transgender Shia Friend Survive Israel’s Bombing

Axing for a friend

Helping My Transgender Shia Friend Survive Israel’s Bombing

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Mar 4

Avenger of The Slugs

An animal abuser gets a reckoning.

Avenger of The Slugs

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Mar 4

A Gay Arab’s Take on the Iran-Israel War

Navigating this loud, bloody mess.

A Gay Arab’s Take on the Iran-Israel War

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Oct 18, 2025

Helping The Help

Navigating cruelty to migrant domestic workers and overcoming it together

Helping The Help

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Sep 11, 2025

Charlie Kirk is Dead. Rejoice!

Leave the emotional labor and diplomatic lip-service for the representatives. Laugh and celebrate!

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Aug 25, 2025

The Arab Left Mourns: Ziad is Dead

Ziad Al-Rahbany leaves behind a body of music that are anthems of the Arab Left.

Photo of Ziad taken from Creative Commons

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Aug 23, 2025

Our Neighbor Wants to Kill Us

How Israel makes me choose between principled struggle and prosperous capitulation.

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Jul 14, 2025

The Inheritance and Other Carnivores: An Arab Gay Man and His Father

Despite everything, he is still my father.

The Inheritance and Other Carnivores: An Arab Gay Man and His Father

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Apr 26, 2025

Beirut, Blasts, and the Bisexual

A bomb brings two lovers back to reality.

Beirut, Blasts, and the Bisexual

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Mar 6, 2025

The Closet and the Homophobic Grandfather

I returned to his house and struggled with retribution

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Intesar Toufic

Intesar Toufic

Writer. Arab. Comic. Homo. Escort. Fetishist. Drummer. Scholar (WACHEFDS?) Interests: International politics. Russian bodybuilders. Money. Straight men. Fame.

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