Mehrdad Alipour
@beyondbinaries1.bsky.social
Islamic Studies/Iranian and Shiʿi Studies/Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in Islam/Researcher and Lecturer @UtrechtUni
https://beyondbinaries.nl
https://beyondbinaries.nl
My new essay, “Beyond Anachronism,” questions the uncritical use of modern gender & sexuality language in readings of pre-modern Persian literature, showing how these categories are historically shaped, culturally specific, & politically loaded today. Read it here: lup.nl/publications...
Gender and Sexuality in Persian Literary and Religious Traditions - Leiden University Press
This book is available on back order and is due to be published in March 2026 This volume offers fresh insights into themes of love, gender, sexuality, and the interaction between the profane and the ...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
My new essay, “Beyond Anachronism,” questions the uncritical use of modern gender & sexuality language in readings of pre-modern Persian literature, showing how these categories are historically shaped, culturally specific, & politically loaded today. Read it here: lup.nl/publications...
Very pleased to share the cover of my fourth co-edited volume, Intersex and the (Non)Binary Body in Classical Muslim Legal, Medical, and Literary Discourses
Publication and pre-order details: lup.nl/publications/m…
Publication and pre-order details: lup.nl/publications/m…
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Very pleased to share the cover of my fourth co-edited volume, Intersex and the (Non)Binary Body in Classical Muslim Legal, Medical, and Literary Discourses
Publication and pre-order details: lup.nl/publications/m…
Publication and pre-order details: lup.nl/publications/m…
Join us Wed 26 Nov, 17:00–18:30 UK for Intersex and Religion: Perspectives on Intersex People’s Wellbeing & Pastoral Care in the Abrahamic Faiths. Speakers: Prof Susannah Cornwall, Revd Jayne Taylor & Dr Mehrdad Alipour.
📌 Open to all | Zoom link: psiinternational.wixsite.com/home/events-...
📌 Open to all | Zoom link: psiinternational.wixsite.com/home/events-...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Join us Wed 26 Nov, 17:00–18:30 UK for Intersex and Religion: Perspectives on Intersex People’s Wellbeing & Pastoral Care in the Abrahamic Faiths. Speakers: Prof Susannah Cornwall, Revd Jayne Taylor & Dr Mehrdad Alipour.
📌 Open to all | Zoom link: psiinternational.wixsite.com/home/events-...
📌 Open to all | Zoom link: psiinternational.wixsite.com/home/events-...
Listen to Beyond Binaries: Conversations on Islam, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality/episode 5 on Spotify
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Beyond Binaries — E5: Body Politics in Islam: Intersex Body 3 – Binary-Non-Binary Discourses and Agency
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November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Listen to Beyond Binaries: Conversations on Islam, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality/episode 5 on Spotify
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Listen to Beyond Binaries: Conversations on Islam, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality/episode 4 on Spotify
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Beyond Binaries — E4: Body Politics in Islam: Intersex Body 2 – Embodiment and the Emergence of Binary/Non-Binary Discourse
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November 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Listen to Beyond Binaries: Conversations on Islam, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality/episode 4 on Spotify
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Listen to Beyond Binaries: Conversations on Islam, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality/episode 3 on Spotify
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November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Listen to Beyond Binaries: Conversations on Islam, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality/episode 3 on Spotify
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Listen to Beyond Binaries: Conversations on Islam, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality/ episode 2 on Spotify
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Conceptualisation and Methodological Approach (2)
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October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Conceptualisation and Methodological Approach (1)
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October 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Lees mijn essay over mijn bezoek aan een genderbevestigende chirurgische kliniek in de VS, waarin persoonlijke ervaringen worden gecombineerd met kritische reflecties in transmagazine: transmagazine.nl/geloof-in-tr...
Geloof in Transitie - TRANS Magazine
Onderzoeker Mehrdad Alipour over gender, seksualiteit en de islam.
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July 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Lees mijn essay over mijn bezoek aan een genderbevestigende chirurgische kliniek in de VS, waarin persoonlijke ervaringen worden gecombineerd met kritische reflecties in transmagazine: transmagazine.nl/geloof-in-tr...
Presenting tomorrow at Dublin City University at the conference “Intersex Insights.” Sharing my research on non-binary intersex in Islamic legal tradition.
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Intersex Insights | School of Nursing, Psychotherapy & Community Health
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June 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Presenting tomorrow at Dublin City University at the conference “Intersex Insights.” Sharing my research on non-binary intersex in Islamic legal tradition.
www.dcu.ie/snpch/dcu-ev...
www.dcu.ie/snpch/dcu-ev...
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Curious about the topic of the NISIS Autumn School '25? The wait is over! Held on October 29-31, get ready for: "Gender Relations in Pre-Modern and Modern Muslim Contexts." Answer the CfP, which closes on Friday September 26, via this link: nisis.sites.uu.nl/2025/02/19/r...
See you there!
See you there!
May 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Curious about the topic of the NISIS Autumn School '25? The wait is over! Held on October 29-31, get ready for: "Gender Relations in Pre-Modern and Modern Muslim Contexts." Answer the CfP, which closes on Friday September 26, via this link: nisis.sites.uu.nl/2025/02/19/r...
See you there!
See you there!
What if the intersex body was more than a legal category in (Shiʿi) Islamic thought? My latest article explores how jurists like Sayyid Kāẓim al-Yazdī grappled with #intersex as an ontological reality—beyond the male/female binary. Now online & open access in ILS: brill.com/view/journal...
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May 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What if the intersex body was more than a legal category in (Shiʿi) Islamic thought? My latest article explores how jurists like Sayyid Kāẓim al-Yazdī grappled with #intersex as an ontological reality—beyond the male/female binary. Now online & open access in ILS: brill.com/view/journal...
I was recently interviewed by Shehnaz Haqqani about my book Negotiating Homosexuality in Islam. I shared in-depth insights into my methodology and the core arguments—exploring challenges and pathways toward a more inclusive understanding of sexuality in Islam: newbooksnetwork.com/negotiating-...
Mehrdad Alipour, "Negotiating Homosexuality in Islam: A Legal-hermeneutical Examination of Modern Shīʿī Discourse" (Brill, 2024) - New Books Network
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May 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I was recently interviewed by Shehnaz Haqqani about my book Negotiating Homosexuality in Islam. I shared in-depth insights into my methodology and the core arguments—exploring challenges and pathways toward a more inclusive understanding of sexuality in Islam: newbooksnetwork.com/negotiating-...
An essay based on my visit to GAS clinic at Rush University Hospital in Chicago.
“Faith in Transition: A Week Inside a Gender Surgery Clinic”
Available here: www.e-ir.info/2025/04/24/f...
The essay is brief and draws from my observations and reflections during the time I spent at the clinic.
“Faith in Transition: A Week Inside a Gender Surgery Clinic”
Available here: www.e-ir.info/2025/04/24/f...
The essay is brief and draws from my observations and reflections during the time I spent at the clinic.
Faith in Transition: A Week Inside a Gender Surgery Clinic
Islamic law does not inherently oppose non-binary gender and/or sex, and certain Muslim jurists have advanced compelling arguments for an alternative body politics.
www.e-ir.info
April 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
An essay based on my visit to GAS clinic at Rush University Hospital in Chicago.
“Faith in Transition: A Week Inside a Gender Surgery Clinic”
Available here: www.e-ir.info/2025/04/24/f...
The essay is brief and draws from my observations and reflections during the time I spent at the clinic.
“Faith in Transition: A Week Inside a Gender Surgery Clinic”
Available here: www.e-ir.info/2025/04/24/f...
The essay is brief and draws from my observations and reflections during the time I spent at the clinic.