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refugees • 17 min read
Here we go again: Saving Muslim Women and Queers in the Age of Trump
Nadine Naber | The Muslim ban accentuates the gendered and sexual “backwardness” of “Muslim” foreign nationals
18 April 2019
sexual assault • 24 min read
Think, rethink
Connie Burk | Connie Burk on processes of community accountability, their limitations and their potential
22 December 2018
LGBTQ • 12 min read
Toward fixing my world
Dalia Selim | When anxiety and fear of the unknown meets homophobia
7 October 2018
LGBTQ • 9 min read
Rainbow flag at gig sparks media storm of hostility
Mostafa Mohie | Rainbow flag at Mashrou' Leila's Cairo gig reveals deep-seated vitriol in Egyptian media
27 September 2017
 
Opinion
Ismail Fayed
On queerness and the jargon of authenticity
a utopia free of any Western influence only exists in the delusions of some postcolonial academics
22 July 2020
Tareq Baconi
Our lives are not conditional: On Sarah Hegazy and estrangement
Here is what I did not know when I chose to be in London: we carry our homes in our hearts.
23 June 2020
Supernova
Where do old lesbians go to die?
How can we grow old when the world never stopped making children of us, over and over again?
17 February 2020
 
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News
Case 1739/2018 • 8 min read
Rights groups: 2 Ramses crackdown detainees subjected to invasive physical exams that amount to ‘torture’
18 March 2019
activist detentions • 7 min read
Imprisoned trans woman Malak al-Kashif sexually assaulted, subjected to forced anal examination in state hospital
12 March 2019
Case 1739/2018 • 6 min read
Transgender detainees arrested in post-Ramses Station crackdown face adverse prison conditions
10 March 2019
activist detentions • 7 min read
State Security Prosecution orders detention of 2 transgender people on charges of joining illegal organization
7 March 2019
LGBTQ • 3 min read
Rights group condemns jail sentence for Egyptian TV presenter who interviewed gay man
25 January 2019
LGBTQ • 2 min read
Alexandria prosecution detains 10 suspected of homosexuality
16 January 2018
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