Algeria
LGBT rights in Algeria
Wikipedia
Kelma
French-language site for the Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian communities in France.
Algerigay
For gay Algerians (in French)
Bahrain
LGBT rights in Bahrain
Wikipedia
Comoros
LGBT rights in Comoros
Wikipedia
Djibouti
LGBT rights in Djibouti
Wikipedia
Egypt
LGBT rights in Egypt
Wikipedia
GayEgypt.com
A guide to gay life (and persecution) in Egypt
Gay rights in Egypt
Wikipedia
In a time of torture
"The assault on justice in Egypt's crackdown on homosexual conduct." Report by Human Rights Watch, March 2004. Also inArabic.
One Man's Tale
A gay activist in Egypt describes the nightmare of the government's crackdown on homosexuality. By Josh Hammer (Newsweek, 16 June, 2002).
Explaining Egypt's targeting of gays
By Hossam Bahgat (MERIP, 31 July, 2001)
A glimpse behind the screen
Comment Is Free, July 8, 2006
A novel featuring a gay newspaper editor was a hit in Egypt - but its movie release has caused a stir.
Call to censor 'immoral' Egyptian film
The Guardian, July 6, 2006
The Yacoubian Building has broken box office records but many oppose its portrayal of modern Egypt.
Homosexuality on trial in Egypt
The Guardian, November 19 2001
In 1800, a European traveller to Egypt wrote: "The inconceivable inclination which has dishonoured the Greeks and Persians of antiquity constitutes the delight, or, more properly speaking the infamy of the Egyptians ... the contagion has seized the poor as well as the rich."
Iraq
LGBT rights in Iraq
Wikipedia
Axis of Evil
Haider Jaber thought life as a gay man was harsh under Saddam Hussein. Then came the invasion. And the aftermath. (GT magazine, March 2007.)
Gays flee Iraq as Shia death squads find a new target
Observer, 6 August 2006
Iraqi police 'killed 14-year-old boy for being homosexual'
Independent, 5 May 2006
Gay Iraqis fear for their lives
BBC, 17 April 2006
Gay and Iraqi
A double life under Saddam Hussein (outuk.com)
Jordan
LGBT rights in Jordan
Wikipedia
My.Kali.magazine
The first Jordanian LGBT magazine. SeeYoutube video.
Kuwait
LGBT rights in Kuwait
Wikipedia
Boys will be boys - or else
Comment Is Free, January 23, 2008
Kuwaitis who defy very narrowly defined gender stereotypes now face prison or a hefty fine
Lebanon
LGBT rights in Lebanon
Wikipedia
Helem
Gay and lesbian rights organisation. Its main goal at present is the abolition of article 534 of the Lebanese Penal Code which punishes "unnatural sexual intercourse".
Meem
For women in Lebanon who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender (including male-to-female and female-to-male), queer, in addition to women questioning their sexual orientation.
Gay rights in Lebanon
Wikipedia
Raynbow Media Monitor
Dispelling myths – LGBT news from Lebanon
Gay Lebanon
Website partly under construction.
Group lobbies for basic rights
Article about the campaigning organisation Hurriyat Khassa ("Private freedoms"). By May Farah (Daily Star, 12 June 2004)
GayLebanon.com: a miscarriage of justice?
A human rights activist and an internet portal owner were found guilty of insulting the vice squad, yet no evidence was produced. By Warren Singh-Bartlett (Daily Star, 16 March, 2001)
Highway to hell
The Guardian, June 02 2003
There's no accounting for taste, but if you want to wear a black t-shirt and listen to heavy metal music, is it the government's business to stop you? If you get a piercing or a tattoo, or dance like Michael Jackson, is the fabric of society going to be ...
Libya
LGBT rights in Libya
Wikipedia
Mauritania
LGBT rights in Mauritania
Wikipedia
Morocco
LGBT rights in Morocco
Wikipedia
Kifkif
"A community of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in Morocco." Website in Arabic, French and Spanish.
Kelma
French-language site for the Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian communities in France.
Party time
Comment Is Free, December 14, 2007
Revellers at a get-together in Morocco have ended up in jail after a wave of moral panic and accusations of staging a gay wedding
Oman
LGBT rights in Oman
Wikipedia
Palestine/Israel
LGBT rights in Palestine
Wikipedia
LGBT rights in Israel
Wikipedia
Aswat
Organisation for Palestinian gay women
al-Qaws
Palestinian LGBT project atJerusalem Open House
Coming out in Arabic
Guardian Unlimited, October 2 2006
Brian Whitaker reports on a lesbian group's struggle for acceptance in the Middle East.
Refugee status
Gay Palestinians who dream of a better life in Israel.
Yossi Klein Halevi (New Republic, 19 August, 2002)
Queer in the Land of Sodom
The development of gay rights in Israel. By Lee Walzer (The Gully, February 2002)
Gay Israel: No Pride In Occupation
By Hagai El-Ad (The Gully, February 2002)
Unspeakable love
Homosexuality in the Middle East and the gay Palestinians who have taken refuge in Israel. By Brian Whitaker (Jewish Quarterly 202, Summer 2006).
Qatar
LGBT rights in Qatar
Wikipedia
Saudi Arabia
LGBT rights in Saudi_Arabia
Wikipedia
The Kingdom in the Closet
ByNadya Labi
Sodomy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia, but gay life flourishes there. Why it is “easier to be gay than straight” in a society where everyone, homosexual and otherwise, lives in the closet. (Atlantic Monthly, May 2007)
Somalia
LGBT rights in Somalia
Wikipedia
Somali Gay Community
Information and support. UK-based. Website is in English and Somali.
Gay Somalis in London launch community website
News report. (UK Gay News, 17 November 2007)
Sudan
LGBT rights in Sudan
Wikipedia
Syria
LGBT rights in Syria
Wikipedia
Tunisia
LGBT rights in Tunisia
Wikipedia
Kelma
French-language site for the Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian communities in France.
United Arab Emirates
LGBT rights in the UAE
Wikipedia
Gay party' guests face hormone treatment
The Guardian, November 30 2005
More than two dozen men arrested at an allegedly gay party could face compulsory hormone treatment, officials in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, said yesterday.
Yemen
LGBT rights in Yemen
Wikipedia
Coming out in Yemen
Revolution activist goes public about his sexuality (June 2013)
