Samir, like many gay men the Arab world, guards his sexual orientatn wh a paranoid secrecy. To feel ee he tak long vatns to Thailand, where he has a boyiend, and spends weekends Lebanon, which he regards as havg a more gay-tolerant society. But at home Sdi Arabia, he is vigilant. Samir's parents don't know of his liftyle. He says his mom would kill herself if she found out. They nstantly set him up wh women they nsir potential wiv. At work, Samir watch his words, reful not to aroe the spicn of lleagu.
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
- AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
- WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM AMERI
- CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
- SDI GAY SCENE: 'FORBIDN, BUT I N'T HELP IT'
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
A gay Mlim doctor Weho looks for love the enarg romantic edy 'Breakg Fast.' * gay muslim video *
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. 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.
AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
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 muslim video *
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. 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.
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM AMERI
* gay muslim video *
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.
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.
” (Vertil Entertament) The thorny tersectn of homosexualy and Islam is highlighted wh charm and w “Breakg Fast, ” wrer-director Mike Mosallam’s lively tale — based on his 2015 short film — of one man’s ght romantic journey over the urse of the holy month of (Haaz Sleiman) is a kd, voted doctor and observant Mlim of Lebane scent livg a low-key gay life Wt Hollywood. A look at the sexualy and self image of gay men Lebanon, a untry where the penalty for homosexualy is still imprisonment.
CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
Trapped between European liftyl and Islamic roots, this film tells the stori of young, gay men on the path to attag a life of their own creatn while fightg agast a society that ref to see them.
This timate documentary I AM GAY AND MUSLIM follows a number of young Morocn gay men their exploratn of their relig and sexual inty. A group of Pakistani sexual mori, raise qutns about transgenr activism, relign, unrground gay life, social acceptance and llective faial ctoms of transgenr women urban Pakistan.
In a workg class neighborhood Casablan, Abllah, a homosexual teen, tri to build his own life wh his big fay, ught between an thorarian mother and an olr brother, who he ador. Focg on homosexualy wh the Tunisian society, this documentary brgs three stori of LGBT upl, who cid to take up the challenge of revealg their inti and their sexual tennci to the mera.
SDI GAY SCENE: 'FORBIDN, BUT I N'T HELP IT'
Imam El-Faro Khaki -found Toronto's first LGBTQ-iendly mosque, Uny Mosque, 10 years ago to allow lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Mlims to attend prayers whout havg to hi their sexual orientatn or genr inty for fear of discrimatn.
INTERPRETATIONGay Mlim scholar Stt Siraj al-Haqq Kugle has spent two s rearchg LGBTQ issu the Islamic fah and said many people are surprised to disver that Islam is not herently nmng of LGBTQ people.
“In the Quran, there is no word that explicly scrib homosexual or transgenr persons; the Arabic terms were vented after the Quran’s revelatn, by medieval jurists and ntemporary journalists, doctors and social crics.