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RAMI MALEK IS A HERO EGYPT AFTER PLAYG A GAY IN - BUT LGBT PEOPLE THERE ARE UNR ATTACK

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On Osrs night 2019, Laila, 28, and Omar, 32, two young gay Egyptians, stayed up all night to watch the 91st Amy Awards ceremony and root for Rami Malek.

The Amerin-Egyptian actor was nomated the bt actor award tegory for his role as flamboyant gay rock in Freddie Mercury Bohemian Rhapsody. But, Makram, who is one of Egypt's top prosecutors of LGBT dividuals, nveniently ignored the part of Malek's acceptance where he said: “We ma a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life jt unapologetilly himself”.

NETFLIX’S FIRST ARABIC ORIGAL FILM ‘PERFECT STRANGERS’ ACCED OF “MORAL DEGRADATN” MIDDLE EAST DUE TO GAY CHARACTER

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Laila and Omar had hoped Malek would e his w to show solidary wh Egypt's beleaguered gay muny, who have faced tensified persecutn recent years. Beg gay Egypt means that you face daily ath threats, moltatn, harassment, and possibly jail time.

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Some people believed the new Sisi-led ernment would act to protect mori, cludg the gay muny - but realy turned out very differently.

EGYPTIANS OUTRAGED OVER MOVIE PICTG GAY UPLE

Fay Secrets: Directed by Hani Fawzi. Wh Ahmed Abl Wahab, Salwa Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Basher, Ahmed El Rafie. Fay secrets is the first Egyptian movie entirely talkg about Homosexualy Egypt. Marwan who is 18, the ma Gay actor, pass through a journey that every Egyptian gay guy pass through. The movie shows different opns about Homosexualy for 4 different doctors basilly scribg the four tegori of doctors who rpond to such s, one of them said that homosexualy is natural and the society should accept . Although many say is a pro-Gay nversn therapy, many of the Egyptian and Arab LGBT muny have seen a glimpse of hope to fd a movie batg the issue public and is nsired a taboo to talk about." data-id="ma * gay actor egypt *

Persecutn of homosexualy has creased unr Sisi, particularly sce a 2017 crackdown, say human rights groups.

HALF JEWISH, GAY AND DCENDANT OF AN EGYPTIAN LEGEND: OMAR SHARIF JR. TELLS ALL NEW MEMOIR

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Homosexualy is not explicly illegal unr the Egyptian judicial system.

The law nsirs nsensual homosexual nduct as prostutn, and most s are first hand to the vice police at the Mistry of Interr.

“People have to know that beg gay Egypt don’t jt mean that you n be kicked out of a job or your flat, means that you face daily ath threats, moltatn, harassment, and possibly jail time, ” Nagy, a 41-year-old lawyer, told Middle East Eye.

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“If he [Malek] had been ‘fully Egyptian’ wh no Amerin passport, he would be now wanted or even arrted for playg a gay character, ” add Nagy. In Egypt, the untry’s top media body issued a cree  September 2017 “banng the appearance of homosexuals or promotn of their slogans”, which jtified by sayg, "Homosexualy is a disease and a shame which should be hidn till is treated, not promoted. Hundreds of gay and transgenr dividuals have been arrted Egypt recent years, wh many of them cg ill treatment, harassment, rape and huiatn as a mon feature for tae.

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The arrts took place on Valente’s Day, 10 days before the 91st Amy Awards ceremony, when police forc raid a private rincy the cy of Damietta arrtg five gay men.

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