Publication: “Druze Women and Gender in Druze Society: A Systematic Literature Review”

Originally published in Religions, Volume 12, on December 17th, 2021. Co-authored with Dr. Rami Zeedan. This systematic literature review on Druze women and gender in Druze society reviews central conceptual themes from existing publications to chart future research trajectories. Using a meta-ethnographic methodology, this literature review covers Druze women’s experience of gendered realities in higher education, economic participation, marriage, family life, and health.

Publication: The “Gec-Effect:” How 100 Gecs Queers Genre and Gender

My article tracks the queer relations to genre and vocality embodied by contemporary hyperpop duo, 100 gecs. I argue that 100 gecs initiates a nomadic approach to genre through absurdism and parody. Furthermore, I describe how 100 gecs’ use of vocal modulation resists gender’s construction of the masculine and feminine voice. I conclude with a meditation on “gec” feminism that attempts to follow the ethic of hyperpop for articulating a wacky, yet subversive genre of (un-)academic writing. My investigation of 100 gecs’ album, 1000 gecs and The Tree of Clues, is a cross-disciplinary exercise in queer theory, gender studies, musicology, art history, and philosophy; it primarily contributes to queer theory discourses on genre, gender, art, and the body.