More than half a century ago, Virginia Woolf wrote: “As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.” I can now add: “As a lesbian, my country is nowhere in a controlled and prejudiced world, but elsewhere in a free and tolerant world.”
Author: Dr. Iman ALGHAFARI
Dr. Iman Alghafari is a poet, an illustrator, a lesbian writer, an academic researcher, a University professor, and a literary translator. Her doctoral dissertation was about the quest for identity in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. She has written extensively on sexuality and gender issues in media, culture, and literature. Currently, she is a guest writer in Sweden.