LGBT Middle East

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Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Daniel Nour's queer Coptic memoir on family, faith and comedy

Book Club: We speak to Daniel Nour about his memoir 'How to Dodge Flying Sandals,' and how writing honestly about family and faith reshaped his sense of self

Elias Jahshan
07 January, 2026
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Podcast

The New Arab Weekly: ICC warrants and homosexuality in Iraq

Hugo Goodridge
03 May, 2024
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Iraq criminalises homosexuality with 10-15 years' jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 April, 2024
LGBT Middle East
MENA
Live Story

Egypt says no to school biology lessons on homosexuality

Thaer Mansour
22 April, 2024
LGBTQ+ rights
Perspectives

State power, fragile masculinities and queerness in Lebanon

Hussein Cheaito

Hussein Cheaito

04 October, 2023
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LGBT Middle East
Video

Beirut bar attacked in targeted assault on LGBTQ+ community

The New Arab Staff
25 August, 2023
LGBT Middle East
MENA
Live Story

Jordan's parliament refuses to outlaw 'homosexual material'

The New Arab Staff
27 July, 2023
2022 Qatar World Cup
MENA
Live Story

FIFA spokesman defends Infantino over LGBTQ rights

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 November, 2022
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Turkey
Narrated

Turkey’s LGBT crackdown is about silencing all opposition

Yasemin Smallens

Yasemin Smallens

02 August, 2022
Bahrain
MENA
Live Story

Bahrain bans Marvel's Thor from cinemas over LGBT characters

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 July, 2022
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Perspectives

Metras, Palestinian queers espousing love aren't the issue

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Nada Elia

29 July, 2022
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LGBT Middle East
MENA
Live Story

Beirut LGBT protests forced to postpone after death threats

The New Arab Staff
26 June, 2022
Lebanon LGBT protests
LGBT rights
MENA
Live Story

Christian extremists destroy LGBT monument in east Beirut

The New Arab Staff
25 June, 2022
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

Lebanon minister tells forces to 'stop' LGBTQ gatherings

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 June, 2022
TAIQ
LGBT Middle East
Voices

This Arab is Queer: Unheld Conversations

Anbara Salam

Anbara Salam

21 June, 2022
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Pride
Society
Live Story

An exploration of queer Arab identity

Tariq Raouf

Tariq Raouf

17 June, 2022
TAIQ
Pride
Perspectives

My intersectionality was my biggest bully

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Amna Ali

15 June, 2022
Marvel
MENA
Live Story

Egypt bans Marvel's Doctor Strange 2 for 'gay character'

The New Arab Staff
24 April, 2022
Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?: An audio-visual poem about love and Eros
LGBT rights
MENA
Live Story

Uproar in Egypt over film portraying gay couple

Thaer Mansour
18 February, 2022
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LGBT Middle East
MENA
Live Story

Palestinian LGBTQ+ activists protest in Haifa

The New Arab Staff
06 September, 2021
Beirut's LGBTQ+ homelessness problem displayed
Lebanon
Society
Live Story

Post-blast, Beirut's LGBTQ+ community beset by homelessness

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Elias Jahshan

03 August, 2021