LGBTQ+

Imam Muhsin Hendricks gets ready for the start of the Jumu'ah prayer at the Inner Circle Mosque, in Wynberg
South Africa
World
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'World's first' openly gay imam shot dead in South Africa

Muhsin Hendrics ran a mosque in Wynberg intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 February, 2025
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Kuwait
MENA
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'Wicked' film pulled from Kuwait cinemas 'over LGBTQ cast'

The New Arab Staff
04 December, 2024
Israel news
MENA
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Israeli court allows anti-LGBTQ group on Technion campus

The New Arab Staff
27 August, 2024
Demonstrators march on the first day of the Republican convention. [Brooke Anderson/TNA]
Republicans
World
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Palestinians lead coalition march at US Republican convention

Brooke Anderson
16 July, 2024
Pride
World
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Pro-Palestinian activists disrupt NYC Pride parade

Brooke Anderson
02 July, 2024
Turkey
World
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Turkey arrests at least 15 protesters at Pride rally

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 June, 2024
Gaza War
Video

Eurovision 2024: A stage for unity or controversy?

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
10 May, 2024
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq's criminalisation of LGBTQ+ draws diplomatic backlash

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 April, 2024
Richard Dawkins
United Kingdom
MENA
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Richard Dawkins says Islam is not a 'decent religion'

The New Arab Staff
02 April, 2024
LGBTQ+
MENA
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Lebanese 'freedom march' attacked by anti-LGBTQ+ assailants

William Christou
02 October, 2023
FIFAWWC
MENA
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Reporter asks Moroccan team captain to 'out' teammates

Basma El Atti
24 July, 2023
LGBTQ Pride Flag
Morocco
MENA
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Pride flag raised in Casablanca divides Moroccan activists

Basma El Atti
27 June, 2023
Israel
MENA
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Israel lawmaker says LGBTQ+ people 'more dangerous than IS'

The New Arab Staff
22 June, 2023
Benkirane Anadolu
Morocco
MENA
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Morocco's Islamist party urges ban of 'homosexual' film

Basma El Atti
20 June, 2023
Morocco
MENA
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Morocco-based French schools trigger debate over LGBT lesson

Basma El Atti
14 April, 2023
France
World
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French-Moroccan El-Hairy, first female minister to come out

Basma El Atti
11 April, 2023
Israel
MENA
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LGBTQ+ people 'responsible' for Israel quake tremors: rabbi

The New Arab Staff
28 February, 2023
saim Saddiq
Pakistan
Interviews
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Joyland filmmaker on the politics of banning a film

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Alexander Durie

28 February, 2023
Tunisia
MENA
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Amnesty: Overturn jail terms of two LGBTQ+ people in Tunisia

The New Arab Staff
19 February, 2023
Habibi, revolutions of love
queer
Culture
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'Habibi' beams light onto queer love in the Arab region

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Florence Massena

08 February, 2023
Afghan LGBTQ+ may prefer death to life under Taliban
Afghanistan
Society
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Afghanistan's LGBTQ+ may prefer death to life under Taliban

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Hannah Wallace

07 February, 2023