Elias Jahshan
@eliasjahshan.bsky.social
Editor, THIS ARAB IS QUEER (2022) & THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY (late 2025) via Saqi Books | 🇱🇧&🇵🇸 | Born/raised on Dharug, Gadigal & Gamaraigal lands (aka Sydney); now a Londoner | He/him | الياس جهشان
https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/this-queer-arab-family/
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Elias Jahshan
@eliasjahshan.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Quick intro:
I’m Elias (pronounced ilyas), born/raised in Sydney to 🇵🇸&🇱🇧 parents; now living in London.
My background is in journalism and I’m working on a novel. I’m also the editor of This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers (Saqi Books), available in all booksellers worldwide ✌️
I’m Elias (pronounced ilyas), born/raised in Sydney to 🇵🇸&🇱🇧 parents; now living in London.
My background is in journalism and I’m working on a novel. I’m also the editor of This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers (Saqi Books), available in all booksellers worldwide ✌️
Thank you Eric Page from @scenemag.co.uk for this lovely, generous combined review of This Queer Arab Family & This Arab Is Queer 🫶
I guess I can now update my bio with “essential cultural curator”
www.scenemag.co.uk/family-matte...
(h/t @saqibooks.bsky.social)
I guess I can now update my bio with “essential cultural curator”
www.scenemag.co.uk/family-matte...
(h/t @saqibooks.bsky.social)
Family Matters: A Celebration of Queer Arab Kinship
Within these stories shine moments of hope and audacious resistance. With profound beauty in surprise friendships, patient lovers, and time's gentle healing. This anthology weaves individual testimoni...
www.scenemag.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Thank you Eric Page from @scenemag.co.uk for this lovely, generous combined review of This Queer Arab Family & This Arab Is Queer 🫶
I guess I can now update my bio with “essential cultural curator”
www.scenemag.co.uk/family-matte...
(h/t @saqibooks.bsky.social)
I guess I can now update my bio with “essential cultural curator”
www.scenemag.co.uk/family-matte...
(h/t @saqibooks.bsky.social)
Good morning to everyone except Debra Messing and her ilk of racist bigots, may they have an utterly terrible day with no sympathy deserved whatsoever xo
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Good morning to everyone except Debra Messing and her ilk of racist bigots, may they have an utterly terrible day with no sympathy deserved whatsoever xo
Today is the official 🇺🇸 North America 🇨🇦 publication day for THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY! 🎉
That’s right, this gorgeous book that I happened to curate & edit is now available in all good bookstores across the US + Canada! If your fave bookstore or library don’t stock it, get them to order it in for you 🙌
That’s right, this gorgeous book that I happened to curate & edit is now available in all good bookstores across the US + Canada! If your fave bookstore or library don’t stock it, get them to order it in for you 🙌
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today is the official 🇺🇸 North America 🇨🇦 publication day for THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY! 🎉
That’s right, this gorgeous book that I happened to curate & edit is now available in all good bookstores across the US + Canada! If your fave bookstore or library don’t stock it, get them to order it in for you 🙌
That’s right, this gorgeous book that I happened to curate & edit is now available in all good bookstores across the US + Canada! If your fave bookstore or library don’t stock it, get them to order it in for you 🙌
Hi 👋 Have you read THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY yet? If so, I would very much appreciate it if you could leave a rating on Goodreads and/or Amazon 🥹👉👈
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October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Hi 👋 Have you read THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY yet? If so, I would very much appreciate it if you could leave a rating on Goodreads and/or Amazon 🥹👉👈
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
amzn.eu/d/bLsJXdr
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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Really happy for the people of Gaza. They’re ones who matter the most in this ceasefire - and I really hope it holds. But for anyone else: remember that this is only a *bare* minimum. There is no peace without justice and accountability. We cannot afford to get complacent.
October 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Really happy for the people of Gaza. They’re ones who matter the most in this ceasefire - and I really hope it holds. But for anyone else: remember that this is only a *bare* minimum. There is no peace without justice and accountability. We cannot afford to get complacent.
Happy publication day to THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY! 🎉
I’m beyond thrilled to see my new book baby – a follow-up (but not a sequel per se) to This Arab Is Queer and published by Saqi Books – finally make its debut in the world 🫶
📚 saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
I’m beyond thrilled to see my new book baby – a follow-up (but not a sequel per se) to This Arab Is Queer and published by Saqi Books – finally make its debut in the world 🫶
📚 saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
September 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy publication day to THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY! 🎉
I’m beyond thrilled to see my new book baby – a follow-up (but not a sequel per se) to This Arab Is Queer and published by Saqi Books – finally make its debut in the world 🫶
📚 saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
I’m beyond thrilled to see my new book baby – a follow-up (but not a sequel per se) to This Arab Is Queer and published by Saqi Books – finally make its debut in the world 🫶
📚 saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
This Queer Arab Family’s first major press coverage 🫶
Book Club 📚 Palestinian authors highlight resilience, memory, and identity, while amplifying silenced voices and bearing witness to decades of Israeli violence ⬇️
10 must-read books by Palestinian authors you need to know
Book Club: Palestinian authors highlight resilience, memory, and identity, while amplifying silenced voices and bearing witness to decades of Israeli violence
www.newarab.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This Queer Arab Family’s first major press coverage 🫶
Almost here! Just one more week until my next book makes its debut in the world! So excited, not that I’m counting down or anything 🙈
Here are the confirmed release dates:
- UK 🇬🇧/ EU 🇪🇺: September 18
- USA 🇺🇸/ Canada 🇨🇦: October 14
- Australia 🇦🇺: November 1
saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
Here are the confirmed release dates:
- UK 🇬🇧/ EU 🇪🇺: September 18
- USA 🇺🇸/ Canada 🇨🇦: October 14
- Australia 🇦🇺: November 1
saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
September 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Almost here! Just one more week until my next book makes its debut in the world! So excited, not that I’m counting down or anything 🙈
Here are the confirmed release dates:
- UK 🇬🇧/ EU 🇪🇺: September 18
- USA 🇺🇸/ Canada 🇨🇦: October 14
- Australia 🇦🇺: November 1
saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
Here are the confirmed release dates:
- UK 🇬🇧/ EU 🇪🇺: September 18
- USA 🇺🇸/ Canada 🇨🇦: October 14
- Australia 🇦🇺: November 1
saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
Zaytoun is where Gaza’s Palestinian Christian community live, and are taking refuge in two churches
My ancestors come from Gaza. I have distant relatives there who share my surname. They won’t leave, and why should they? It’s home
Don’t you dare utter “Israel is a haven for Christians” ever again.
My ancestors come from Gaza. I have distant relatives there who share my surname. They won’t leave, and why should they? It’s home
Don’t you dare utter “Israel is a haven for Christians” ever again.
Massive destruction in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, the largest neighborhood in Gaza City.
The military operation, which lasted several weeks, left widespread devastation to homes and infrastructure, turning
the area into a scene of rubble and ruin.
The military operation, which lasted several weeks, left widespread devastation to homes and infrastructure, turning
the area into a scene of rubble and ruin.
September 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Zaytoun is where Gaza’s Palestinian Christian community live, and are taking refuge in two churches
My ancestors come from Gaza. I have distant relatives there who share my surname. They won’t leave, and why should they? It’s home
Don’t you dare utter “Israel is a haven for Christians” ever again.
My ancestors come from Gaza. I have distant relatives there who share my surname. They won’t leave, and why should they? It’s home
Don’t you dare utter “Israel is a haven for Christians” ever again.
Reposted by Elias Jahshan
I've just finished reading 'This Arab is Queer' an anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers
edited by @eliasjahshan.bsky.social
An eye-opener for me in many ways, challenging stereotypes and my assumptions
📚🇳🇿 thoroughly recomend adding to your reading lists (I borrowed it from Dunedin Public Library)
edited by @eliasjahshan.bsky.social
An eye-opener for me in many ways, challenging stereotypes and my assumptions
📚🇳🇿 thoroughly recomend adding to your reading lists (I borrowed it from Dunedin Public Library)
August 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I've just finished reading 'This Arab is Queer' an anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers
edited by @eliasjahshan.bsky.social
An eye-opener for me in many ways, challenging stereotypes and my assumptions
📚🇳🇿 thoroughly recomend adding to your reading lists (I borrowed it from Dunedin Public Library)
edited by @eliasjahshan.bsky.social
An eye-opener for me in many ways, challenging stereotypes and my assumptions
📚🇳🇿 thoroughly recomend adding to your reading lists (I borrowed it from Dunedin Public Library)
it’s not much in the grand scheme of things but it felt satisfying giving John Boyne a one-star review on the one single book I’ve ever read from him (which I had read well before he publicly revealed his “terf” beliefs)
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
it’s not much in the grand scheme of things but it felt satisfying giving John Boyne a one-star review on the one single book I’ve ever read from him (which I had read well before he publicly revealed his “terf” beliefs)
Reposted by Elias Jahshan
Boycotting spaces that shitty people are invited into is good actually
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Boycotting spaces that shitty people are invited into is good actually
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Still the best post I have seen On Here.
Kind reminders:
1—Palestinians don’t owe you a clarification or condemnation of any kind regarding their stance on the resistance. Unlearn your western exceptionalism
2—Calling it a “religions conflict” is reductive & lazy. It’s Israeli colonialism, racism, ethnic cleansing, occupation & apartheid
1—Palestinians don’t owe you a clarification or condemnation of any kind regarding their stance on the resistance. Unlearn your western exceptionalism
2—Calling it a “religions conflict” is reductive & lazy. It’s Israeli colonialism, racism, ethnic cleansing, occupation & apartheid
August 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Still the best post I have seen On Here.
Hey, remember when the internet and social media was abuzz when the date was 08.08.08??
Anyway, free Palestine ✌️
Anyway, free Palestine ✌️
August 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hey, remember when the internet and social media was abuzz when the date was 08.08.08??
Anyway, free Palestine ✌️
Anyway, free Palestine ✌️
Also important to say that Bibi is only a symptom of Zionism, the root cause. He is a manifestation of decades of impunity & military support for a belligerent colonial entity.
I always treat people who employ mental gymnastics to circumvent this with utter contempt. It’s not hard to figure out.
I always treat people who employ mental gymnastics to circumvent this with utter contempt. It’s not hard to figure out.
July 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Also important to say that Bibi is only a symptom of Zionism, the root cause. He is a manifestation of decades of impunity & military support for a belligerent colonial entity.
I always treat people who employ mental gymnastics to circumvent this with utter contempt. It’s not hard to figure out.
I always treat people who employ mental gymnastics to circumvent this with utter contempt. It’s not hard to figure out.
Benjamin Natanyahu is—and I cannot stress this enough—a fucking war criminal. He’s a wanted man by the ICC. He’s got the blood of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians on his hands. He’s a belligerent prick who intervenes and creates chaos in neighbouring countries.
Stop making excuses for him.
Stop making excuses for him.
July 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Benjamin Natanyahu is—and I cannot stress this enough—a fucking war criminal. He’s a wanted man by the ICC. He’s got the blood of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians on his hands. He’s a belligerent prick who intervenes and creates chaos in neighbouring countries.
Stop making excuses for him.
Stop making excuses for him.
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“Israel is massacring Palestinians at aid sites every day” is the headline you scumbags www.dumptheguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites
Doctors say hundreds have been wounded by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach convoys
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Israel is massacring Palestinians at aid sites every day” is the headline you scumbags www.dumptheguardian.com/world/2025/j...
wait are you telling me Jess Glynn & TikTok had nothing to do with this
British people 'desperately' trying to get away from their gloomy day-to-day lives helped propel Jet2 to record passenger numbers and profits, the airline’s bosses have said https://on.ft.com/4lDniZK
July 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
wait are you telling me Jess Glynn & TikTok had nothing to do with this
Happy Pride and free Palestine ✌️
Ever since the Israel government launched the “Brand Israel” initiative in 2005, LGBTQI+ rights, culture and identities have been key elements of Israel’s global marketing and nation-branding.
This is pinkwashing, and @eliasjahshan.bsky.social explains why this is harmful for queer Palestinians ⬇️
This is pinkwashing, and @eliasjahshan.bsky.social explains why this is harmful for queer Palestinians ⬇️
June 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy Pride and free Palestine ✌️
The big cover reveal is here!! I’m beyond excited to bring This Queer Arab Family to bookshelves around the world later this year 🧿❤️
Also: so grateful for these blurbs from writers I admire 🥹
Also: so grateful for these blurbs from writers I admire 🥹
The cover of This Queer Arab Family has landed!
We revealed our amazing contributors yesterday – and now we’re showing off the stunning face of the book itself.
We’d love your shares and support.
#ThisQueerArabFamily #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks #QueerArabVoices
We revealed our amazing contributors yesterday – and now we’re showing off the stunning face of the book itself.
We’d love your shares and support.
#ThisQueerArabFamily #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks #QueerArabVoices
June 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The big cover reveal is here!! I’m beyond excited to bring This Queer Arab Family to bookshelves around the world later this year 🧿❤️
Also: so grateful for these blurbs from writers I admire 🥹
Also: so grateful for these blurbs from writers I admire 🥹
It’s happening!! Cannot wait for this book, edited by yours truly, to come out in September. Pre-order now! saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
June 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It’s happening!! Cannot wait for this book, edited by yours truly, to come out in September. Pre-order now! saqibooks.com/books/saqi/t...
Like clockwork! Everyone is suddenly obsessed with women’s & queer rights in Iran, when 99% of them never said a thing or even cared about Iran up until the last seven days. Funny that. But please, do keep digging yourself in that hole. Do keep speaking over Iranians. We can see you’re just racists.
June 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Like clockwork! Everyone is suddenly obsessed with women’s & queer rights in Iran, when 99% of them never said a thing or even cared about Iran up until the last seven days. Funny that. But please, do keep digging yourself in that hole. Do keep speaking over Iranians. We can see you’re just racists.
I missed out on the ballot for the London Marathon. Of the charities that will have a contingent in the marathon, which one is a good sign up for that does genuinely good work for Palestinians on the ground, or advocates for Palestine?
June 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I missed out on the ballot for the London Marathon. Of the charities that will have a contingent in the marathon, which one is a good sign up for that does genuinely good work for Palestinians on the ground, or advocates for Palestine?
Italia! I’m coming your way for a mini-book tour for Arabə e Queer!
Last September, the Tamu Edizioni published the Italian translation of my anthology This Arab Is Queer. With Pride Month in full swing, I’m excited to be heading to Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Turin and Rome to talk about the book! 🧿🙌
Last September, the Tamu Edizioni published the Italian translation of my anthology This Arab Is Queer. With Pride Month in full swing, I’m excited to be heading to Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Turin and Rome to talk about the book! 🧿🙌
June 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Italia! I’m coming your way for a mini-book tour for Arabə e Queer!
Last September, the Tamu Edizioni published the Italian translation of my anthology This Arab Is Queer. With Pride Month in full swing, I’m excited to be heading to Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Turin and Rome to talk about the book! 🧿🙌
Last September, the Tamu Edizioni published the Italian translation of my anthology This Arab Is Queer. With Pride Month in full swing, I’m excited to be heading to Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Turin and Rome to talk about the book! 🧿🙌
Pride Mubarak and Free Palestine ✌️
June 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Pride Mubarak and Free Palestine ✌️