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State and Society vs. Gays | Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile
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Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile. State and Society vs. Gays. The Egyptian society generally remains unaware – whether by choice or not – of the existence of LGBTs amongst them. Some people might crack jokes about gays, use offensive terms, but not realising that there is a community of those who identify as homosexuals around them. The wider society therefore does present a pulsating threat to homosexuals, though our. Enemy is usually the state and security apparatus(es). The aforementioned Fac...
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Merciful Death | Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile
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Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile. This post was originally published on my first blog. On 2 November, 2011). It is easy to support a cause like euthanasia from a distance, but once you are faced with an ill loved one, you see things differently. I fully supported pulling the plug. Until I stared at a loved one who is dying slowly every day. Too slowly. They die a little by little, but are never dead. How can I make such a decision? Such an irreversible decision! November 19, 2011. Life on the Ni...
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A National Day of Egyptian Gays | Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile
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Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile. A National Day of Egyptian Gays. This post was initially published on my first blog. On 15 November, 2011). My attention was recently drawn to a Facebook page calling for A National Day of Egyptian Gays. And I voice my concern, is this national day of gays in Egypt a good idea? Is shocking people this way going to support our cause, or harm it? Is the time ever right. I have no idea. If women received that kind of harassment, I do not want to imagine what a Nati...
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The National Day of Egyptian Gays… Again | Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile
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Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile. The National Day of Egyptian Gays… Again. Want to know what I really think of the National Day of Egyptian Gays. Previously blogged about here. None of the LGBT activists “on the ground” know who is organising it. That is enough to raise a few eyebrows. And no-one in the community is taking it seriously. (If anyone knows the organisers personally, please let me know). Perhaps we can call it a “Media Hullabaloo”. Organise a gay revolution. This is not the end of ...
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Was Tahrir Ever Utopia? | Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile
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Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile. Was Tahrir Ever Utopia? The sit-in in Tahrir the first time around was nothing short of Utopia. Or so it seemed to many of us. I had hoped that we would be able to take this unspoken code of ethics we developed in Tahrir out into our everyday lives. Making our everyday lives utopia was not what I was expecting or hoping for, but I was hoping for a drastic improvement, a few steps towards a more permanent utopia. I could not tell. November 25, 2011. Stupid things...
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Nilesby | Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile
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Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile. All posts by Nilesby. State and Society vs. Gays. The Egyptian society generally remains unaware – whether by choice or not – of the existence of LGBTs amongst them. Some people might crack jokes about gays, use offensive terms, but not realising that there is a community of those who identify as homosexuals around them. The wider society therefore does present a pulsating threat to homosexuals, though our. Enemy is usually the state and security apparatus(es).
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عم محمد | Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile
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Thoughts of a Sapphist Living on the Nile. عم محمد كان دائما يرتدي قميص لبني، وطاقية لا أتذكر لونها، هزيل وعجوز ولكن عيناه الرماديتان تلمع بحيوية الشباب، فكثيرا ما أثار دهشتي بقوته حين كان يحمل أثاث، أو شنط سفر أو صناديق مليئة بكراكيب سكان العمارة. كان ي دع ى عم محمد… زيه زي أي عم محمد آخر… هادئ، وإبتسامته لا تفارق وجهه، حتى وهو يترنح تحت ثقل الشيل. حين كنت صغيرة كان دائما يناديني يا دكتورة ، حتى عندما كنت بالكاد في العاشرة من عمري. كنت كثيرا ما أفكر، هل سيأتي يوم ويختفي عم محمد دون أن ألاحظ؟ Tweeting on...