Audacity in adversity : LGBT activism in the Middle East and North Africa / Neela Ghoshal.
2018
HQ73.3.A65 G47 2018 (Map It)
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Author
Title
Audacity in adversity : LGBT activism in the Middle East and North Africa / Neela Ghoshal.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, 2018.
Call Number
HQ73.3.A65 G47 2018
Alternate Title
No longer alone : LGBT voices from the Middle East & North Africa.
Spine Title
Middle East & North Africa. Audacity in adversity
ISBN
9781623135904
1623135907
1623135907
Description
75 pages ; 27 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1033603001
Summary
This report provides context for a series of videos, produced by Human Rights Watch and the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality, which feature activists reaching out in Arabic with messages of support for LGBT people in the Middle East and North Africa. The report looks at movements making change in the face of criminalization of same-sex conduct, arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, violence, restrictions on freedom of expression and association, family rejection, community stigma, and other obstacles.
Note
"This report was produced in close consultation with the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE). The report focuses on LGBT activism and LGBT rights in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine (and within the minority Palestinian community inside Israel), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen"--Page 4.
"This report was researched and written by Neela Ghoshal ..."--Page 63.
Companion website featuring the Arabic-language videos is titled: No longer alone: LGBT voices from the Middle East & North Africa.
"This report was researched and written by Neela Ghoshal ..."--Page 63.
Companion website featuring the Arabic-language videos is titled: No longer alone: LGBT voices from the Middle East & North Africa.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Ghoshal, Neela. Audacity in adversity. [New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, 2018 (OCoLC)1031375723
Record Appears in
Variant Title
LGBT activism in the Middle East and North Africa
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Table of Contents
Glossary
Summary
Methodology
I. Background
II. Effective activism in constrained spaces
Acknowledgements
Annex: Laws prohibiting or used to punish same-sex conduct and gender expression in the Middle East and North Africa.
Summary
Methodology
I. Background
II. Effective activism in constrained spaces
Acknowledgements
Annex: Laws prohibiting or used to punish same-sex conduct and gender expression in the Middle East and North Africa.