CMES Colloquium: Same-Sex Intercourse in the Formation of Muslim Discourse

Sara Omar is a Post-Doctoral Associate at Yale University’s Council on Middle East Studies. She received her PhD from Harvard University’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in Arabic and Islamic Studies. She is the recipient of multiple fellowships including a Fulbright Fellowship to Syria from the U.S. Department of State. She has published on topics pertaining to female religious authority, same-sex sexual acts and Islamic Law, and constructions of violent acts in Muslim discourses. She is currently working on her first monograph pertaining to Same-sex Sexual Practices in the Formation of Muslim Discourses.