Open AccessBetween Patriarchy and Occupation: Rauda Morcos and Palestinian Lesbian Activism for Bodily Rights
Author(s) -
Samar Habib,
Nayla Moujaes
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.92
Subject(s) - lesbian , gender studies , headline , sexual orientation , subject (documents) , patriarchy , population , sociology , demography , philosophy , linguistics , library science , computer science
Rauda Morcos is a Palestinian activist who was publically outed in 2003 when Morcos agreed to be interviewed for Yediot Ahoronot. Although Morcos asked that her sexual orientation not be made a subject of or an issue in the article, the journalist referred to her as a “lesbian” in the story’s bold letter headline and included a large photograph of her. As a result, in the span of a few days there was literally no one among Israel’s Palestinian population who did not know who Morcos was or that she was a lesbian.