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