Cairo: An Egyptian
court yesterday sentenced two journalists to one year in prison
after finding them guilty of printing a report in their
newspaper about the alleged homosexuality of...
For the first time GME is
conducting and publishing a survey concerning safe sex among
gays in eight countries in the Middle East. Our plan is for
this to become an annual survey, which will provide an
ongoing study of gay sexual behavior in the surveyed
countries.
A new film
in Egypt is causing uproar. The reason? "Out of Control" depicts
youth culture: drink, drugs and -- most controversially -- a lesbian
affair. Now, the movie risks being banned.
See about it on YouTube
This is a clip of an Egyptian who is
gay, talking about it on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Article: For
gay Egyptians, life online is the only choice By Liam Stack -
First Published 5/18/2007
Growing up in a small delta city, Gamal Alaa
always knew that he wasn’t like his school mates... Full Article
Egyptian 'lesbian' film
courts controversy
13.2.2009
A new film
in Egypt is causing uproar. The reason? "Out of Control" depicts
youth culture: drink, drugs and -- most controversially --
See about it on YouTube
Egyptian Teenager Sentenced
for Gay Internet Posting -
25.2.04 -
From
El Akhbar
in Cairo
A seventeen years old private universitystudent received a 17 years
sentence in prison including 2 years hard labor, for posting a
personal profile on a gay dating site. The Student was arrested
outside the American University in Midan Al Tahrir (Liberation
Plaza) in Cairo yesterday. He is accused of "offences" to the public
good, the honor of society, and a contempt to moral principles and
social tradition. The sentence was issued by the Jahah court in
Cairo by A'laa Deen Shoja'a under the supervision of heads of court
Rida Shazzli and Mohamed Moheb.
Human Rights Watch
Report :
Egypt: Crackdown on Homosexual Conduct
Exposes Torture Crisis
An Israeli tourist was
arrested in Egypt few days ago. The guy, 31 from Jerusalem, is
held already for several days now under intensive
interrogation by the authorities in prison in Cairo.
According to our information, the guy was arrested after
trying to invite and get people, that he wanted to have sex
with, to gay parties he was about to throw.
GME News spoke today with the
spokesman of Israel embassy in Egypt, Israel Tikochenski : " I
can confirm you that there was an arrest of an Israeli guy in
Egypt but I can't give you more information about it right
now."
The spokesman guaranteed GME, that
the Israeli embassy is doing all in it's power to help the
person. No farther details can be given at the moment. GME
will update it's readers within any development.
Do you know
what it feel like for a gay in Egypt ?
If you wondered
how is it to live as a gay in Egypt, you must read this letter that
was sent two years ago:
"...This is the
country I live in. I have no idea how long will I be able to stay
alive here. First my problems as a gay Egyptian were limited to
social stigma and rejection, which is why I am still closeted. My
encounters with other gay men here were always through the Egyptian
chat room on a gay site.
That was my only refuge. All the meetings were done in complete
secrecy under a lot of mental stress. Now the chat is not even an
option..."
A nice gay guy
from England was visiting Egypt and felt that he want to
tell you about it. 14.12.08
YouTube Movie
Gay from Cairo living in Canada and then
The Mother come for a visit...
Egypt Population :
83,082,869
Internet
users:
8.62 million
Sexual activity :
Same-sex
male :
Legal But...
Egyptian law does not explicitly refer to homosexuality, but a wide
range of laws covering obscenity and public morality are punishable
by jail terms. Contempt of religion (falsely interpreting the Koran
and exploiting Islam to promote deviant ideas), is punishable by up
to five years in jail. Immoral behavior (debauchery offense), is
punishable by up to a maximum sentence of three years in jail. The
age of sexual consent is 18.***
