Articles
and Essays
In this area we publish essays and articles submitted to us by you, our readers. We hope you find our selection stimulating and we encourage you to participate by sending us your thoughts and writings.
- I Stand Alone By Yasir Samir from The New York Times Magazine
- One
Man's Tale, A Gay activist in Egypt describes the nightmare of the
government's crackdown on homosexuality By Josh Hammer from Newsweek
- Hate Crimes:
Like the Taliban, America's Middle East Allies Tyrannize Gays and Women
By Michaelangelo Signorile
from the Village Voice
Al Ahram Al Arabi - Special Dossier 8/27/01
The following Arabic articles appeared in a special
dossier published in the weekly Egyptian publication "Al Ahram Al Arabi" on the
subject of Gay rights:
- An article on
GLAS
- The
"Popularity" of Gays in the US
- Islamic
Responses to the Gay movement
- Explaining Egypt's Targeting of Gays By Hossam Bahgat from MERIP 7/31/01
- GayLebanon.com - Miscarriage of Justice By Warren Singh-Bartlett from the Daily Star 3/16/01
- Pile of Rubber-Banded Letters Only Thing Holding Together Father and Son By Mubarak Dahir
- A Gay Palestinian Ponders Peace, Both Political and Personal By Mubarak Dahir
- Un Monde Parallele - By Scarlett Haddad from L'orient-Le Jour 11/22/98
- New lease of life after AIDS death sentence By Peter Speetjens, from the Daily Star 6/3/98.
- The Politics of Naming: A Queer Arab Identity? By N.D. Plume
- B'Farhet Tarek: The Law of the Blood is Bloody By N.D. Plume
- Herve: A Short Story By N.B.
- Experts warn time
running out for Gay refugees By Kai Wright, from the Washington Blade,
2/20/98.
Banned From Arabia On Line
The following five articles written for the popular Arabia On Line web site, were taken off-line in less than 24 hours. Please excuse the appearance of the articles here, since we could not get all corresponding graphics.
- Equivocal Lifestyles By Nur Sati
- Arab Men are always active... never passive By Anonymous
- Gays in Israel demand equal rights By Elizabeth Eaves
- An Arab Gay
Experience By Anonymous
Sarkis, the famous hairdresser By Anonymous