Noor Al-Qasimi

University of Exeter, IAIS, Honory Research Fellow

New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Post-Doc

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My current research, which focuses on the UAE, situates bio- and necro-politics therein with reference to the post-oil generation and the extent to which subjective credit-debt formations are realized within the context of the pan-Gulfian neoliberal bloc. I draw on a number of multi-disciplinary theoretical sites, namely intersections between cyberspace and the body, mental and physical health paradigms, theorizations of incarcerating and clinical spaces, the emergence of bodily assemblages and territorializing processes of political and economic resistance.

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James Elkins

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Andrea Peto

Central European University

John Clark

Loyola University New Orleans

Radhika Gajjala

Bowling Green State University

David Seamon

Kansas State University

James M. Dorsey

Nanyang Technological University

Vincent Blok

Wageningen University

Armando Marques-Guedes

UNL - New University of Lisbon

Julian Thomas

The University of Manchester

Giulia Sissa

Ucla

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Papers by Noor Al-Qasimi

The Female Rehabilitation Home in Sharjah

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, 2017

The "Boyah" and the "Baby Lady": Queer Mediations in Fatima Al Qadiri and Khalid Al Gharaballi's Wawa Series (2011)

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, 2012

Queering Middle Eastern Cyberspaces

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, 2012

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Shampoo: Editing, Advertising, and Codes of Modesty in Saudi Arabian Television

Camera Obscura 󰀷󰀷77, 2011

Immodest Modesty: Accommodating Dissent and the ’Abayah-as-Fashion in the Arab Gulf States

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, 2010

This article examines how the phenomenon of the ‘abaya-as-fashion is accommodated by the hegemoni... more This article examines how the phenomenon of the ‘abaya-as-fashion is accommodated by the hegemonic order of Islamic patriarchy in the region of the Arab Gulf states. The traditional ‘abaya, or body veil commonly worn by national women across the Arab Gulf, is juxtaposed against contemporary manifestations that have emerged in the context of fashion over the past ten years. It is proposed that, although the ‘abaya-as-fashion presents a case of resistance and deviation from its original form, consent by the hegemonic order lies within the ultimate preservation of the ‘abaya’s essential qualities (long and black). Thus, in its reappropriation, the ‘abaya-as-fashion notably disrupts its primary signiﬁcation without ever fully displacing it, thereby constituting a form of passive resistance. This article interrogates the manner in which the ‘abaya-as-fashion stands in contingent relation to the hegemonic order of Islamic patriarchy.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boyahs and Girls: Uploading Transnational Queer Subjectivities

Circuits of Visibility: Gender and Transnational Media Cultures, 2011

This chapter focuses on questions of governmentality and the regulation of queer subjectivities i... more This chapter focuses on questions of governmentality and the regulation of queer subjectivities in cyberspace. For the “post-oil” generation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the use of social networking websites has led to the creation of a transnational pan-Gulfian queer imaginary that unsettles notions of sovereignty and territoriality. Indeed, in recent years, the UAE has witnessed multiple transgressive discourses pertaining to heteronormative structures of sexuality, with cybertechnology serving as a primary platform for the enactments of subaltern sexual subjectivities. However, the question remains to what extent cyberspace displaces the governance of gender that is embedded within the framework of the state's preoccupation with its global image and the preservation of an authentic, regional cultural identity.

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