Dr Gaar Adams

Online Tutor, MA in Creative Writing

Dr Gaar Adams is an American writer, educator, and journalist. His longform arts, culture, and environmental reporting from the Middle East and South Asia has been featured in publications including The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Rolling Stone, Al Jazeera, NPR, Slate and VICE.

His narrative nonfiction book on queerness and migration, "Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East", was published by Penguin in 2024. It was longlisted for the 2025 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize.

His fiction, poetry, and academic writing can also be found in anthologies including "Justice After Stonewall: LGBT Life Between Challenge and Change" (Routledge, 2023), "Queer Life, Queer Love" (Muswell Press, 2023), "Glasgow: Cities Edition" (Dostoyevsky Wannabe, 2022) and "The Edwin Morgan Centenary Collection" (Speculative Books, 2020.) Gaar received his Doctor of Fine Arts at the University of Glasgow.

Publications and achievements

Author of Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East (2024)

Featured in Justice After Stonewall: LGBT Life Between Challenge and Change (2023)

Featured in Queer Life, Queer Love (2023)

MA in Creative Writing

Master the critical analysis of written work, hone your unique voice, and gain the skills needed to advance in your career with confidence and clarity.

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