Guest Privileges by Adams, Gaar
Guest Privileges by Adams, Gaar

Guest Privileges

Weaving memoir with unprecedented reportage, Guest Privileges is a decade-long journey of discovery through the clandestine queer...
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Author: Gaar Adams
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Guest Privileges by Adams, Gaar

Guest Privileges

$43.04
Guest Privileges by Adams, Gaar

Guest Privileges

$43.04
Author: Gaar Adams
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Weaving memoir with unprecedented reportage, Guest Privileges is a decade-long journey of discovery through the clandestine queer communities of the Gulf States, and into the very nature of home and belonging


When journalist Gaar Adams first arrives in the Gulf States--where four out of five residents are non-citizens, and where the penalties for queer acts include deportation, imprisonment, torture, and death--he approaches the LGBTQ+ immigrants who choose to live there with one seemingly simple question: Isn't it harder for you to make a life here?


From the UAE to Bahrain and Oman to Saudi Arabia, Adams finds himself drawn to liminal spaces. The Bengali barbershops with men laughing over Bollywood movies. The street acrobats doing parkour along the Corniche promenade, which becomes a cruising ground for solo men after midnight. To his surprise, Adams finds queer communities all across the Gulf States--clandestine, resilient, and forever welcoming.


From the uproarious Filipino salon workers throwing secret drag parties, to a courageous Pakistani farmhand helping his compatriots smuggle themselves across borders, a kaleidoscope of unforgettable characters challenges his assumptions on finding a place in the world--for others, and for himself.




Author: Gaar Adams
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Published: 09/16/2025
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.35w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9781938603303


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2025

About the Author
Adams, Gaar: - Gaar Adams is an American writer and journalist whose work has been published by The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, NPR, Slate and VICE among others. He is a Penguin Random House WriteNow Grantee and former London Library Emerging Writer. He teaches creative writing on the Master of Arts program at the University of Hull. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Adams received his Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University of Glasgow and currently lives in London, UK.
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