J. Michael Ryan is professor-researcher at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Dr. Ryan has edited more than sixteen volumes, including Gender in the Middle East and North Africa with Helen Rizzo.Helen Rizzo is an associate professor of sociology at the American University in Cairo. She is the author of Islam, Democracy and the Status of Women: The Case of Kuwait and coeditor of Gender in the Middle East and North Africa.

An excellent overview of the topic of sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa, with an emphasis on non-binary, queer, and non-conforming forms of sexuality. . . . The topic is highly relevant and quite under-studied in the scholarly literature on gender and sexuality in the MENA region." - Hind Ahmed Zaki, University of Connecticut

J. Michael Ryan is professor-researcher at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Dr. Ryan has edited more than sixteen volumes, including Gender in the Middle East and North Africa with Helen Rizzo.Helen Rizzo is an associate professor of sociology at the American University in Cairo. She is the author of Islam, Democracy and the Status of Women: The Case of Kuwait and coeditor of Gender in the Middle East and North Africa.

An excellent overview of the topic of sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa, with an emphasis on non-binary, queer, and non-conforming forms of sexuality. . . . The topic is highly relevant and quite under-studied in the scholarly literature on gender and sexuality in the MENA region." - Hind Ahmed Zaki, University of Connecticut