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“[In Egypt], every person who is not male, Muslim, Sunni, straight, and a supporter of the system, is rejected, repressed, stigmatized, arrested, exiled, or killed,” Sarah Hegazy wrote on March…
The Muslim ban accentuates the gendered and sexual “backwardness” of “Muslim” foreign nationals
Connie Burk on processes of community accountability, their limitations and their potential
When anxiety and fear of the unknown meets homophobia
Iman al-Helw and Hossam Ahmed were stripped and subjected to invasive physical examinations
Detained trans woman Malak al-Kashif has been sexually assaulted and subjected to a forced anal exam
Two transgender detainees have been subject to solitary confinement, medication denial and bullying
Two transgender people have been confirmed to have appeared before the State Security Prosecution
Prosecution detains 10 people for four days, pending investigation into debauchery charges
Egypt’s State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of Ahmed Alaa for 15 days on Monday in connection to his alleged involvement in…
«When I heard of Sarah Hegazy’s death by suicide, I was far from Cairo, where I had spent my university years witnessing state violence unfold —…»
«a utopia free of any Western influence only exists in the delusions of some postcolonial academics»
«Here is what I did not know when I chose to be in London: we carry our homes in our hearts.»
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