Digital Transgender Archive

Suneela Mubayi Oral History

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In this interview, Suneela Mubayi discusses their experiences as a genderqueer person who has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East while studying for their PhD in Arabic through Columbia University. They recount being raised by their grandmother in New Delhi, India, discovering their interest in languages and in Arabic, navigating airport travel while trans, and the interplay of language with gender and sexuality. (Summary by Jamie Magyar.)

Item Information:

Identifier
qz20ss708
Collection
Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution
NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s)
Mubayi, Suneela
Awad, Nadia
Publisher
New York Public Library
Date Created
Jul. 20, 2017
Dates Covered
1985 to 2017
Genre
Oral Histories
Places
New York
Egypt
New York > New York County > Columbia University
NCT > Delhi
Palestine
Dubai
Syria
Topic(s)
Discrimination
Dissertations
Educators
Families
Gender diversity
Gender identity
Harassment
Hinduism
Islam
Linguistics
Migration
Partition, Territorial
Roman catholicism
Schools
Transgender people
Translators
Travel
Resource Type
Audio
Digital Format
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 54 seconds
Language
English
Rights
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