MESA Graduate Student Paper Prize
Tariq Adely
George Washington University, Department of Anthropology
2021 Honorable Mention
Tariq Adely
Entertaining Audiences, Entertaining Desires: Intersectarian Love and Queer Performance in Popular Arabic Music
An impressive feminist and queer framing of music, poetry, and popular culture, this beautifully written paper proposes a transnational study of Arabic music through intertextuality.