May 2006
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Homosexuality in
the Middle East
Intolerant cruelty
Five years after the tide turned against
homosexuals in Egypt with the infamous Queen Boat trial, Unspeakable love:
gay and lesbian life in the Middle East by Brian Whitaker delves into the
underground and taboo world occupied by homosexuals in the Middle East. Read on
Talking about
‘unspeakable love’
Brian Whitaker talks to Khaled Diab
about his new book Unspeakable love. Read on
Rivers of deceit
On 11 May 2001, 52 men were arrested in and
around the Queen Boat floating nightclub in Zamalek, Cairo. About half of them
eventually wound up serving prison sentences of up to five years. Read on
Cultural rainbows
As Hollywood does gay in a big way, the issue
of homosexuality in the Arab World is slowly coming out of the cultural and
media closet. Read
on
From the archives
Attack the machinery, not the machinations
March 2002 – MEPs and some of the UK’s top
stars have petitioned Egypt’s president to pardon 23 men allegedly jailed for their
sexual orientation. For the sake of even-handedness and to garner public
support, the campaign must call for the release of all political prisoners and
the dismantling of Egypt’s two-decade-old emergency laws. Read on
Read review by Khaled Diab of Unspeakable
love published in Al
Ahram Weekly on Thursday 4 May 2006.
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