Mehrdad Alipour
@beyondbinaries1.bsky.social
Islamic Studies/Iranian and Shiʿi Studies/Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in Islam/Researcher and Lecturer @UtrechtUni
https://beyondbinaries.nl
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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.