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A volunteer lights a candle during a vigil for Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, at an LGBTQ shelter in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 7, 2022. Hebrew and Arabic reads "we will remember you forever". (AP/Oded Balilty)
November 22, 2022, 3:52 am
Ghastly beheading lays bare the myriad perils for LGBT Palestinians fleeing to Israel
Even before Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh was murdered in Hebron for being gay, he faced a long list of dangers and challenges inside Israel’s ‘broken’ asylum system, friends and experts say
By Jack Mukand
MK Walid Taha in the Knesset, November 19, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 26, 2020, 5:58 pm
Homosexuality ‘almost nonexistent in Arab society,’ Joint List MK says
Walid Taha’s comments come as lawmakers say future of Arab political alliance in doubt after leader Ayman Odeh supported bill banning gay conversion therapy
By Sam Sokol
Dutch band Within Temptation. (Facebook)
August 4, 2019, 4:26 pm
Dutch band cancels Lebanon gig in support of embattled local group
Within Temptation joins other activists in protest after festival organizers pull Mashrou’ Leila, whose lead singer is gay, from program over fears of ‘bloodshed’
By AFP
A man mourns the dead in the Bar Noar shooting in Tel Aviv, August 2, 2009. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 1, 2019, 6:53 pm
A decade on, parents of LGBT center shooting victims still waiting for answers
Bar Noar shooter remains at large despite biggest police investigation in Israel’s history; ‘How will anger help me?’ asks Ayala, mother of slain Nir Katz
By ToI Staff
In this file photo taken on November 1, 2017 (L-R) Musicians Haig Papazian, Carl Gerges and Hamed Sinno of Mashrou' Leila pose for a picture in New York. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
July 30, 2019, 6:23 pm
Lebanon cancels gig by gay-friendly band for fear of ‘bloodshed’
Local clerics claim that Mashrou’ Leila offensive to Christians after lead singer posts article containing image in which Virgin Mary’s face replaced by that of Madonna’s
By AFP
A scene from a Mashrou' Leila music video. (YouTube screenshot)
July 23, 2019, 6:27 am
In Lebanon, calls to cancel gig by gay-friendly band
Alternative rock group Mashrou’ Leila criticized by Lebanese Christian community after sharing image of Virgin Mary in apparent affront to their faith
By AFP
Illustrative: Eight Egyptian men convicted for 'inciting debauchery,' following their appearance in a video of an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat leave the defendant's cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, November 1, 2014. (AP/Hassan Ammar, File)
October 1, 2017, 11:30 pm
Egypt puts 17 men on trial for homosexuality
Defendants accused of ‘debauchery’ and ‘incitement to debauchery,’ just over a week after at least six arrested for waving pride flag
By AFP
A gay couple has a wedding ceremony under a hupa during the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, July 21, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 22, 2016, 7:34 pm
Italian gay rights group rejects anti-Israel ‘pinkwashing’ accusation
Delegitimizing Israel distracts from efforts to protect LGBT people, say activists, condemning Hamas and PA treatment of gays
By ToI Staff
A still image taken from the music video for Mashrou’ Leila's hit song Fasateen (Dresses), which challenges the traditional role of marriage. (screen capture: YouTube).
April 28, 2016, 1:01 pm
Lebanese band with gay frontman barred from Jordan
Mashrou’ Leila, which refused to open for Tel Aviv-bound Red Hot Chili Peppers four years ago, has Amman concert canceled because its music, stance ‘contradict’ local values
By Dov Lieber
Khader Abu-Seif draped in opposing flags for part of the Celebration series by photographer Xavier Klaine (Courtesy Xavier Klaine)
March 4, 2016, 1:29 am
Gay Arab activist wraps himself in the flags
Khader Abu-Seif poses with the symbols of the two ‘states have screwed me for 28 years of my life’
By Jessica Steinberg
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