The Body of the Condemned Sally: Paths to Queering anarca-Islam
19/06/2014
Sayyid-Sally, an Egyptian transsexual medical student at Al-Azhar University, a pre-eminent institution for Islamic religious studies..was expelled in 1982 because of her gendered identity. In this article Al-Azhar’s position is examined, judicial edict, or Fatwa, regarding Sayyid-Sally.