SexagonHonorable Mention, Association for Middle East Womens Studies Honorable Mention, 2018 Arab American Book Awards (Non Fiction) In contemporary France, particularly in the banlieues of Paris, the figure of the young, virile, hypermasculine Muslim looms large. So large, in fact, it often supersedes liberal secular societys understanding of gender and sexuality altogether. Engaging the nexus of race, gender, nation, and sexuality, Sexagon studies the