Gay and lbian Arabs

Contents:

• ARAB LGBT : MOVI, DOCUMENTARI AND SHORT FILMS OF TERT FOR A GAY AND LBIAN DIENCE OM ALGERIA AFGHANISTAN EGYPT IRAN IRAQ LEBANON MOROC TUNISIA + PAKISTAN AND TURKEY
• GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE
• A GAY ALGERIA
• BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’
• GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM
• BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY

ARAB LGBT : MOVI, DOCUMENTARI AND SHORT FILMS OF TERT FOR A GAY AND LBIAN DIENCE OM ALGERIA AFGHANISTAN EGYPT IRAN IRAQ LEBANON MOROC TUNISIA + PAKISTAN AND TURKEY

Meet like-md members wh terts Gay Arabs, Gay Mlim Datg, Gay Mlims, Gay Arabic, Gay Iranians, Gay Egyptians, Gay Persians, Gay Armenians, Gay Afghans, Gay Iraqis.

The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French heterosexual young man begng a soclogy study of gay islamic homosexuali and disverg gay love wh a young French steward. But when Waleed sudnly dumps him to marry a woman, Rami mt face the realy of life as a gay man Egypt. All of this at a time of a major crackdown on gay men and the notor Queen Boat arrts of 2001.

The batn of beg back his hometown, this prsure om his mother and his homosexualy him to have equent panic attacks. Out Loud is the first film om Lebanon wh a gay theme that sets a new standard for cema om the Middle East the midst of the Arab Sprg.

GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE

Abllah, a young gay man, is tryg to fd his way through the difficult sexual, polil and racial climate of Moroc.

A GAY ALGERIA

Salma, a DJ and bartenr fac a difficult moment as she out as gay to her tradnal Christian fay.

A documentary by Peter Barbosa and Garrett Lenoir, I Exist giv a voice to gay and lbian Amerins om the Middle East, who often rema silent out of shame and fear. Filmed 12 untri and 9 languag, this documentary, directed by gay Mlim filmmaker Parvez Sharma, tells the lorful and varied stori of gay and lbian Mlims om all over the world.

This timate documentary follows a number of young Morocn gay men their exploratn of their relig and sexual inty.

BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’

Oriented follows the liv of three gay Paltian men who live Tel Aviv. For a gay filmmaker, filmg Sdi Arabia prents two ser challeng: filmg is forbidn the untry and homosexualy is punishable by ath.

Enuraged by Sandra, Ama lnch a blog lled “A Gay Girl Damasc, ” reprentg a margalized voice the Middle East on polics, relign, and sexualy.

GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM

In 2015, he me out as gay on Facebook, makg him the first openly gay man om Sudan, this a massive outrage the Sudane muny. In this portra that is multi-layered both terms of form and ntent, a gay man nonts the ghosts of his past and explor hidn longgs, unrequed love and tormentg feelgs of guilt.

In post-Fran Madrid where he lived an openly gay existence, his life rembled one long Almodóvarian y, full of excs and sexual taboo-breakg.

BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY

Left alone, Rami mt ci if his love for Lee is strong enough to e out as a gay Mlim. After a trmatic enunter, a young, gay Egyptian jos the LGBT rights movement.

Until the day he meets Daniel, a lover who helps him disver Paris the midst of a gay revolutn. After beg tranged om his fay for his homosexualy, we observe a young Arab man over four seasons and om far away as he navigat his solu – all the while attemptg to rennect wh his mother. A short documentary that tells the stori of Mashrou’ Leila, a Lebane rock band wh an outspoken gay sger, and Sarah Hegazy, an Egyptian activist.

Between realy and animatn, the story of Nidhal is told, a young homosexual Tunisian who fend dividual eedoms Tunisia through his work rad. A look at the sexualy and self image of gay men Lebanon, a untry where the penalty for homosexualy is still imprisonment.