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Algeria
LGBT rights in Algeria
Wikipedia
Kelma
French-language site for the Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian communities
in France.
Sehakia
For Arab and North African lesbians
Algerigay
For gay Algerians (in French)
Bahrain
LGBT rights in Bahrain
Wikipedia
Comoros
LGBT rights in Comoros
Wikipedia
Djibouti
LGBT rights in Djibouti
Wikipedia
Egypt
LGBT rights in Egypt
Wikipedia
GayEgypt.com
A guide to gay life (and persecution) in Egypt
Gay
rights in Egypt
Wikipedia
In
a time of torture
"The assault on justice in Egypt's crackdown on homosexual
conduct." Report by Human Rights Watch, March 2004. Also in Arabic.
One
Man's Tale
A gay activist in Egypt describes the nightmare of the government's
crackdown on homosexuality. By Josh Hammer (Newsweek, 16 June, 2002).
Explaining
Egypt's targeting of gays
By Hossam Bahgat (MERIP, 31 July, 2001)
Gay
films
Egyptian films with allusions to homosexuality or cross-dressing
(gayegypt.com).
A
glimpse behind the screen
Comment Is Free, July 8, 2006
A novel about a gay newspaper editor was a
hit in Egypt - but its movie release has caused a stir.
Call
to censor 'immoral' Egyptian film
The Guardian, July 6, 2006
The Yacoubian Building has broken box office records but
many oppose its portrayal of modern Egypt.
Homosexuality on trial in Egypt
The Guardian,
November 19 2001
In 1800, a European traveller to Egypt wrote: "The inconceivable inclination
which has dishonoured the Greeks and Persians of antiquity constitutes the
delight, or, more properly speaking the infamy of the Egyptians ... the
contagion has seized the poor as well as the rich."
Iraq
LGBT rights in Iraq
Wikipedia
Iraqi
LGBT-UK
"Supporting Iraqi LGBT people in Iraq and the UK"
Axis
of Evil
Haider Jaber thought life as a gay man was harsh under Saddam Hussein. Then came the invasion. And the aftermath.
(GT
magazine, March 2007.)
Gays
flee Iraq as Shia death squads find a new target
Observer, 6 August 2006
Iraqi
police 'killed 14-year-old boy for being homosexual'
Independent, 5 May 2006
Gay
Iraqis fear for their lives
BBC, 17 April 2006
Gay
and Iraqi
A double life under Saddam Hussein (outuk.com)
OUT
There
A forum for Assyrian gays and lesbians
Jordan
LGBT rights in Jordan
Wikipedia
Khalid's
Guide to Amman
PlanetOut. Also at OutTraveller.
My.Kali.magazine
The first Jordanian LGBT magazine. See Youtube
video.
Kuwait
LGBT rights in Kuwait
Wikipedia
Boys
will be boys - or else
Comment Is Free, January 23, 2008
Kuwaitis who defy very narrowly defined
gender stereotypes now face prison or a hefty fine
Lebanon
LGBT rights in Lebanon
Wikipedia
Helem
Gay and lesbian rights organisation. Its main goal at present is the
abolition of article 534 of the Lebanese Penal Code which punishes
"unnatural sexual intercourse".
Meem
For women in Lebanon who
identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender (including male-to-female and
female-to-male), queer, in addition to women questioning their sexual
orientation.
Gay
rights in Lebanon
Wikipedia
Lebanon LGBT Monitor
Raynbow Media Monitor
Dispelling myths – LGBT news from Lebanon
Gay Lebanon
Website partly under construction.
Gay Lebanon
Chat
A gay and lesbian community chatting on Beirut IRC network
Group
lobbies for basic rights
Article about the campaigning organisation Hurriyat Khassa
("Private freedoms"). By May Farah (Daily Star, 12 June 2004)
GayLebanon.com:
a miscarriage of justice?
A human rights activist and an internet portal owner were found guilty
of insulting the vice squad, yet no evidence was produced. By Warren
Singh-Bartlett (Daily Star, 16 March, 2001)
Highway to hell
The Guardian,
June 02 2003
There's no accounting for taste, but if you want
to wear a black t-shirt and listen to heavy metal music, is it the government's
business to stop you? If you get a piercing or a tattoo, or dance like Michael
Jackson, is the fabric of society going to be ...
Libya
LGBT rights in Libya
Wikipedia
Sehakia
For Arab and North African lesbians
Mauritania
LGBT rights in Mauritania
Wikipedia
Morocco
LGBT rights in Morocco
Wikipedia
Kifkif
"A community of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in
Morocco." Website in Arabic, French and Spanish.
Gay
Morocco
An information exchange
Kelma
French-language site for the Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian communities
in France.
Sehakia
For Arab and North African lesbians
Party
time
Comment Is Free, December 14, 2007
Revellers at a get-together in Morocco
have ended up in jail after a wave of moral panic and accusations of staging a
gay wedding
Oman
LGBT rights in Oman
Wikipedia
Palestine/Israel
LGBT
rights in Palestine
Wikipedia
LGBT rights in Israel
Wikipedia
Aswat
Organisation for Palestinian gay women
al-Qaws
Palestinian LGBT project at Jerusalem
Open House
Coming
out in Arabic
Guardian Unlimited,
October 2 2006
Brian Whitaker reports on a lesbian group's struggle for acceptance
in the Middle East.
Refugee
status
Gay Palestinians who dream of a better life in Israel.
Yossi Klein Halevi (New Republic, 19 August, 2002)
Gay
Palestine
Mailing list for gay/lesbian Palestinians.
Coming out in Arabic
Article about Palestinian lesbians and how the conflict with Israel affects gay people (Guardian Unlimited, October 2 2006)
Queer in the Land of Sodom
The development of gay rights in Israel. By Lee Walzer (The Gully, February 2002)
Gay Israel: No Pride In Occupation
By Hagai El-Ad (The Gully, February 2002)
Unspeakable
love
Homosexuality in the Middle East and the gay Palestinians
who have taken refuge in Israel. By Brian Whitaker (Jewish
Quarterly 202, Summer 2006).
Qatar
LGBT rights in Qatar
Wikipedia
Saudi Arabia
LGBT rights in Saudi_Arabia
Wikipedia
The Kingdom in the Closet
By Nadya Labi
Sodomy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia, but
gay life flourishes there. Why it is “easier to be gay than straight” in a
society where everyone, homosexual and otherwise, lives in the closet. (Atlantic Monthly,
May 2007)
The
burden of proof
Ismail Elshareef discusses the execution of men accused of homosexuality
in Saudi Arabia (somah.com, 9 January, 2002)
Somalia
LGBT rights in Somalia
Wikipedia
Somali
Gay Community
Information and support. UK-based. Website is in English and
Somali.
Gay
Somalis in London launch community website
News report. (UK Gay News, 17 November 2007)
Soul
mates
The price of being gay in Somalia. By Afdhere Jama
Sudan
LGBT rights in Sudan
Wikipedia
Syria
LGBT rights in Syria
Wikipedia
Syrian
Same-Sex Society Network
(in Arabic)
Tunisia
LGBT rights in Tunisia
Wikipedia
Kelma
French-language site for the Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian communities
in France.
Sehakia
For Arab and North African lesbians
United Arab Emirates
LGBT rights in the UAE
Wikipedia
Gay
party' guests face hormone treatment
The Guardian, November 30 2005
More than two dozen men arrested at an allegedly
gay party could face compulsory hormone treatment,
officials in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab
Emirates, said yesterday.
Yemen
LGBT
rights in Yemen
Wikipedia |
