LGBTQ+ rights

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Turkey
MENA
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Turkish authorities detain 150 at protest over LGBTQ+ arrests

Authorities detained at least 26 people in Istanbul and 21 in Ankara over the weekend and raided the offices of several LGBTQ+ associations.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 September, 2026
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Turkey
MENA
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Turkey detains dozens in major anti-LGBTQ raids

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 September, 2026
Activists from of the Lebanese LGBT community take part in a protest outside a police station in Beirut. One is draped in a rainbow LGBTQ+ pride flag, another holds a sign. They are stood behind a fence, with a group of men watching them from the other side
LGBTQ+ rights
MENA
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Lebanon judge defends transgender legal sex ruling amid backlash

Nagham Rabih
20 August, 2026
Indonesia's conservative province of Aceh on August 26
Indonesia
World
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Men charged with kissing caned by Indonesian Islamic court

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 August, 2025
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The New Arab Weekly: ICC warrants and homosexuality in Iraq

Hugo Goodridge
03 May, 2024
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq criminalises homosexuality with 10-15 years' jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 April, 2024
LGBT Middle East
MENA
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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
Opinion - Israel Pride Pinkwashing
Pride
Perspectives

Israel's Pride pinkwashing can't mask its occupation

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Alainna Liloia

14 June, 2023
Israel
MENA
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LGBTQ+ people 'responsible' for Israel quake tremors: rabbi

The New Arab Staff
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
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
Maryam Touzani, a Moroccan director
Morocco
MENA
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Morocco director wants 'healthy' debate on gay rights

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 December, 2022
In search of Joyland
Pakistan
Culture
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In search of Joyland: Pakistani cinema at a crossroads

Nilosree Biswas

Nilosree Biswas

06 December, 2022
Morocco
MENA
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Four arrested in Morocco for physical assault of trans woman

Basma El Atti
14 November, 2022
2022 FIFA World Cup
Perspectives

UK press coverage of Qatar 2022: Hypocrisy and orientalism

Marc Owen Jones

Marc Owen Jones

01 November, 2022
Iran
Iran
Perspectives

Solidarity not sanctions: The co-option of Iran's protests

Yasmin Gholizadeh

Yasmin Gholizadeh

11 October, 2022
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt demands Netflix, others adhere to 'societal values'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 September, 2022
Singapore
World
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Singapore to repeal colonial-era law against gay sex

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 August, 2022
Turkey LGBT
Turkey
Narrated

Turkey’s LGBT crackdown is about silencing all opposition

Yasemin Smallens

Yasemin Smallens

02 August, 2022
This Arab is Queer
The New Arab Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers

Hasan Kilani

Hasan Kilani

27 July, 2022