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McGuuinness, Justin. "Between the Parc de la Ligue Arabe and Cybermen.com: Being Gay Offline and Online in Urban Morocco" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany, Jun 16, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p92401_index.html>

McGuuinness, J. , 2006-06-16 "Between the Parc de la Ligue Arabe and Cybermen.com: Being Gay Offline and Online in Urban Morocco" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p92401_index.html

Publication Type: Extended Abstract Abstract: Little research has been done on the web’s impact on the lives of men who have sex with men in the Arab world. Taking as its focus the Moroccan cities of Casablanca and Fès, the present paper uses ethnographic work to explore web-use by men whose sex-lives are focused on other men. (The term ‘gay men’ will be used to describe this group, even though it is not generally the term used by respondents themselves). In Casablanca, gay men created elaborate psycho-geographies in the new quartiers built in the French colonial period, developing a repertoire of meeting places. This ‘hidden’ use of public space came under pressure in the mid-1990s, partly through the spread of rigourist Islam. From the early 2000s, increased internet access, and in particular the rise of a new semi-public space, the cyber-café, widened opportunities for literate gay men in Morocco to meet and associate. This paper attempts to develop an understanding of how web use is reconfiguring what it means to have a preference for male same-sex relationships in Morocco. What shifts in identity positions are occurring? How has inhabiting digital space had an impact on public urban space? Is the web seen as a potential medium for bringing political demands to bear? How important is the international dimension of le chat? What is the pan-Arab dimension of gay web use? At a wider level, the paper provides an element in comparative work on intercultural aspects of the web’s interactive potential.

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