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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
- 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
Growg up gay Bahra, I was thrilled by the mp potential of Arab mic – but terrified of the reactn if I gave and danced the way I wanted to. Years later, a field London, I let myself go * gay arab teens *
The mp melodrama is a gay kid’s dream e te … or worst nightmare, for the opulent emotnal sounds almost tnt you to e out through dance. As a child terrified about the very real repercsns that would e om beg found out as gay, Arab mic was my forbidn u at faial events, temptg me to reveal myself and th ensure my a kid, I was particularly obssed wh the mic of Umm Kulthum, the 20th-century Egyptian sger whose vols hypnotised the Arab world wh their yearng gravas. Out went the Umm Kulthum CD om the budget Walkman, and went the nsirably ls poetic I started htg gay clubs at 18, was the soundtrack of Madonna, Diana Ross and Lady Gaga that allowed me to move my body a more natural way, whout the fear of faial judgment.
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 * gay arab teens *
And then there is Raouf Bey who is gay and fell love wh him. A look at the sexualy and self image of gay men Lebanon, a untry where the penalty for homosexualy is still imprisonment. 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.
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. * gay arab teens *
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. A Lebane gay uple cis to take a road trip to Ramallah.
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. This documentary talks about the double life of two gay men Lebanon. After a trmatic enunter, a young, gay Egyptian jos the LGBT rights movement.
Gay Syria follows two gay Syrian refuge who are tryg to rebuild their liv. He is a barber Istanbul, livg a double life between his nservative fay and his gay... 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.