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Being gay in the Arab-Islamic world

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In spite of the fact that according to President Ahmadinejad «this phenomenon» does not exist in Iran, homosexuals are a reality throughout the Arab-Islamic world. Theirs is not an easy life, although, as the Lebanese movement Helem proves, they are beginning to speak out. Is their discrimination “written” in the Koran or explained by the same conservative culture we also see in the West? Opposing opinions concerning the spread of the homosexual movement in the Arab world are expressed by activist Hossein Alizadeh and by Professor Joseph Massad.


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The West and the Orientalism of sexuality

Joseph Massad (Columbia University) talks to Ernesto Pagano

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We are not agents of the West

Ghassan Makarem replies to Joseph Massad

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«I criticize Gay Internationalists, not gays»

Joseph Massad counter-replies to Ghassan Makarem

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Lot’s sin and that “extreme solitude”

Amara Lakhous

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«From Teheran to Riyadh, this is how we are discriminated against»

A conversation with Hossein Alizadeh

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The “dream” of Helem

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15 Dec 2009

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