Denis M. Provencher is Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Affairs and Partnerships in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of French & Francophone Studies at North Carolina State University.

'Provencher’s Queer Maghrebi French: Languages, Temporalities, Transfiliations is a timely study that examines the largely overlooked cultural context of queer Maghrebi French and queer Maghrebi living in France ... Provencher’s book is a most original study that offers invaluable new insights into the fields of queer theory, lesbian and gay studies, queer linguistics, anthropology, migration and diaspora studies, and appears at a time when Europe, facing a crisis in migration, can no longer ignore oppressed sexual minorities crossing its borders.'Philippe Panizzon, International Journal of Francophone Studies

• List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements ix Prologue: Sidi Jenih – Saint Genet: An Example of Queer Maghrebi French 1 Introduction: Queer Maghrebi French: Language, Temporalities, Transfiliations 9 1 2Fik’s Coming out à l’orientale and “Coming out” of France 56 2 Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed’s Universal Performance of French Citizenship and Muslim Brotherhood 109 3 Abdellah Taia’s Queer Moroccan Family and Transmission of Baraka 147 4 Mehdi Ben Attia’s Family Ties, Temporalities, and Revolutionary Figures 195 5 Nacir, Tahar, and Farid: Identification, Disidentification, and Impossible Citizenship 239 Epilogue: Queer Maghrebi French: Flexible Language and Activism 283 Bibliography 292 Index 307

Denis M. Provencher is Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Affairs and Partnerships in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of French & Francophone Studies at North Carolina State University.

'Provencher’s Queer Maghrebi French: Languages, Temporalities, Transfiliations is a timely study that examines the largely overlooked cultural context of queer Maghrebi French and queer Maghrebi living in France ... Provencher’s book is a most original study that offers invaluable new insights into the fields of queer theory, lesbian and gay studies, queer linguistics, anthropology, migration and diaspora studies, and appears at a time when Europe, facing a crisis in migration, can no longer ignore oppressed sexual minorities crossing its borders.'Philippe Panizzon, International Journal of Francophone Studies

• List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements ix Prologue: Sidi Jenih – Saint Genet: An Example of Queer Maghrebi French 1 Introduction: Queer Maghrebi French: Language, Temporalities, Transfiliations 9 1 2Fik’s Coming out à l’orientale and “Coming out” of France 56 2 Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed’s Universal Performance of French Citizenship and Muslim Brotherhood 109 3 Abdellah Taia’s Queer Moroccan Family and Transmission of Baraka 147 4 Mehdi Ben Attia’s Family Ties, Temporalities, and Revolutionary Figures 195 5 Nacir, Tahar, and Farid: Identification, Disidentification, and Impossible Citizenship 239 Epilogue: Queer Maghrebi French: Flexible Language and Activism 283 Bibliography 292 Index 307

Denis M. Provencher is Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Affairs and Partnerships in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of French & Francophone Studies at North Carolina State University.

'Provencher’s Queer Maghrebi French: Languages, Temporalities, Transfiliations is a timely study that examines the largely overlooked cultural context of queer Maghrebi French and queer Maghrebi living in France ... Provencher’s book is a most original study that offers invaluable new insights into the fields of queer theory, lesbian and gay studies, queer linguistics, anthropology, migration and diaspora studies, and appears at a time when Europe, facing a crisis in migration, can no longer ignore oppressed sexual minorities crossing its borders.'Philippe Panizzon, International Journal of Francophone Studies

• List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements ix Prologue: Sidi Jenih – Saint Genet: An Example of Queer Maghrebi French 1 Introduction: Queer Maghrebi French: Language, Temporalities, Transfiliations 9 1 2Fik’s Coming out à l’orientale and “Coming out” of France 56 2 Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed’s Universal Performance of French Citizenship and Muslim Brotherhood 109 3 Abdellah Taia’s Queer Moroccan Family and Transmission of Baraka 147 4 Mehdi Ben Attia’s Family Ties, Temporalities, and Revolutionary Figures 195 5 Nacir, Tahar, and Farid: Identification, Disidentification, and Impossible Citizenship 239 Epilogue: Queer Maghrebi French: Flexible Language and Activism 283 Bibliography 292 Index 307