U-AHMAD BABA: IKAMVA LETHU ELIXESHA ELIDLULEYO

Emva kokusebenza kwakhe okusondeleyo kunye nomboniso onomtsalane kumgangatho wokuqala ekuqaleni kukaMeyi, siyakuvuyela ukubonisa imbonakalo yemifanekiso yomsebenzi ka-Ahmad Baba. Ikamva lethu Queer lixesha elidlulileyo ukukwazi ukwabelana.

"Ikamva lethu le-Queer lixesha elidlulileyo" yayiyintsebenzo yokufakela ngokusekelwe kwimbono yasemva kokufuduka kwi-queerness ngokumalunga ne-Arab* identity(ies). Njengegama, i-queerness ayikho kwisiArabhu. Nangona kunjalo, ikhona kwaye yayikhona njengomkhuba obuyela umva ngaphezu kobunzima behlabathi obunyanzeliswa kwihlabathi yi-Western hegemony. Ulwimi lobugqwirha luba yi-hegemonic, lucima izazisi ezazikho ngaphambi kwalo, kwaye luthathe kwaye luthathe indawo yoluntu olukhulu noluntsokothileyo, iimbali, kunye neelwimi kwihlabathi liphela ngemodeli ye-monolithic, ebanzi yokuqonda kunye nokufikelela kwiyantlukwano ngokwesondo nesini. Ngolu rhatya, u-Ahmad Baba uya kuthatha abaphulaphuli kuhambo oluphakathi kweendlela ezahlukeneyo zexesha kunye neendawo zobukho "obunqabileyo".