TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup.
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- QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAID BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD' A TENSE TV TERVIEW AMID MOUNTG CRICISM OF THE HOSTS
- QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SCRIB BEG GAY AS ‘DAMAGE THE MD’
- ‘I DO NOT WISH TO BE ANONYMO’: DOCTOR BE ‘FIRST’ QATARI TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- OPN: DR. NASSER ‘NAS’ MOHAMED SOUGHT ASYLUM THE US AFTER G OUT AS GAY. HERE’S WHAT HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT QATAR
- BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD', QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS
QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAID BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD' A TENSE TV TERVIEW AMID MOUNTG CRICISM OF THE HOSTS
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As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, Mohamed—a doctor who has lived the U.
But given homosexualy is crimalized Qatar, he is likely to rema s only member for the foreeable future.
QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SCRIB BEG GAY AS ‘DAMAGE THE MD’
Former Qatari natnal team player Khalid Salman also told a German reporter that he has a problem wh children seeg gay people. * qatar gay interview *
In the months sce, Mohamed lnched the non-prof Alwan Foundatn to advance LGBTQ+ rights across the Middle East and pecially Qatar, where he says that secury operativ filtrate gay muni orr to torture and erce members to rm on others. TIME: As a gay Qatari, do you feel that hostg the World Cup n brg change? Is there an unrground gay scene or is that too dangero?
There are some people om really affluent fai that are gay and ’s almost public knowledge—but they’re really wealthy, affluent, and very nnected, so people jt don’t say anythg. But even the most powerful gay [person] Qatar is powerls some ways.
They uld gaybash and get away wh wh no nsequenc at all. And if such an attack happens on a gay fan, I don’t know of the [secury] rourc to help them.
‘I DO NOT WISH TO BE ANONYMO’: DOCTOR BE ‘FIRST’ QATARI TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Dr. Nasser “Nas” Mohamed is said to be the first gay Qatari to e out publicly. He did to raise awarens about the existence and mistreatment of LGBTQ people Qatar before the 2022 FIFA World Cup. “Our voic and our journeys matter,” he says. * qatar gay interview *
Bee you uld be harmed, you n be gay bashed, you n be beaten, and people may not be able to help you.
Qatar FIFA World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman has said homosexualy is “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF on Monday. Durg the terview, Salman was discsg the issue of homosexualy beg illegal Qatar.
OPN: DR. NASSER ‘NAS’ MOHAMED SOUGHT ASYLUM THE US AFTER G OUT AS GAY. HERE’S WHAT HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT QATAR
Salman told ZDF that beg gay was “haram, ” meang forbidn acrdg to Islamic law. As many people are expected to travel to Qatar for the World Cup, “let’s talk about gays, ” Salman said. An ambassador for the World Cup Qatar has scribed homosexualy as "a damage the md" an terview wh German broadster ments e merely two weeks before the World Cup kicks off the Gulf state and rais further ncerns over human rights and LGBTQ+ treatment the Qatari ternatnal Khalid Salman told a German reporter: [Homosexualy] is haram.
Let's talk about gays: the most important thg is everybody will accept that they e here - but they will have to accept our l. "Homosexualy is illegal Qatar unr Islamic Sharia law. Dr Nas Mohamed, Qatar's first openly gay person, shar his experienc of life Qatar and why he now liv the USA.
BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD', QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS
2 ln ternatnal visors are expected Qatar for the tournament, which has faced cricism and scepticism ever sce the gas-rich state was selected as host by FIFA December evicts thoands of foreign workers om Doha ahead of WC'Tone-af' foreign secretary cricised for tellg LGBT fans to 'rpect' QatarThe terview was cut short by a media officer om the World Cup anisg mtee after Salman exprsed his views on homosexuals, ZDF, who is also rponsible for sports, said the untry's prime mister had given her a safety guarantee for fans, no matter where they me om, whom they love and what they believe , when she vised Qatar a week claims there has been no change to that stance om the prime mister, who is also Qatar's terr mister, and plans to attend Germany's openg World Cup match agast Japan month, Germany's ambassador to the Gulf state was summoned by the Qatar ernment after Faer appeared to cricise the untry for s human rights Washgton, State Department spokperson Ned Price lled the remarks by the Qatari official a great ncern: "We have a relatnship wh Qatar that allows to discs our areas of mutual tert, but also allows to discs what is important wh the Uned Stat and valu of tolerance, diversy, of rpectg all people regardls of who they are or whom they love.
Berl — An ambassador for the World Cup Qatar has scribed homosexualy as a "damage the md" an terview wh German public broadster ZDF only two weeks before the openg of the soccer tournament the Gulf state, highlightg ncerns about the nservative untry's treatment of gays and lbians.