#Sarah Hegazi

[fiercynn]

queer short film: "beirut dreams in color"

queer short cuts is a biweekly newsletter where i share queer & trans short film recommendations. i'm featuring some of my favorite films on tumblr because why not

lebanon | 2022 | 28 minutes | documentary short audio in english & arabic; english subtitles available

beirut dreams in color, directed by michael collins, is not a happy film, but it is a beautiful and necessary one. the docu-short follows lebanese indie rock band mashrou’ leila, who have, since their inception, made their politics central to their music. their lead singer, hamed sinno, is heralded as the first openly gay rock star in the arab world, and mashrou’ leila played sold-out shows throughout the swana region (southwest asia & north africa) in the 2010s. the film weaves their story together with the tragic story of sarah hegazi, an egyptian queer activist, and with the story of helem, a lebanese lgbtq+ organization led by tarek zeidan, as their community in beirut faced a disaster in 2020. deepa's full review, including content notes at the end - highly recommend looking at the content notes

hamed sinno is on instagram @hamed.sinno. you can also read more about sarah hegazi’s legacy and the community that grieves her.

#mashrou' leila #queer short cuts #queer film #documentary short #documentary #short films #film recommendations #music #michael collins #hamed sinno #sarah hegazi #lebanese queer film #tarek zeidan #haig papazian #mostafa fouad #larry kramer

[satin-carmin]

Anonymity is a liminal space of queer potentiality, between the invisibility we must bear to survive, and the visibility we need to live. It is where we find, heal and love each other as our ancestors have done for generations. While the world will not tell our stories, we must tell them ourselves, even behind closed doors. Outside, the writing is on the wall: we’re here. We’ve always been here. The queers will win the world.

Hamed Sinno (Mashrou' Leila) on Pride and Mourning in the Middle East, Frieze Magazine

#hamed sinno #mashrou' leila #sarah hegazi #pride #queerness #queer history #queer arab #queer poc #qpoc #lebanon #lgbt #pride month #grief #mourning

[lesorus]

"The arab family today doesn't care about its women as much as it cares about preserving what is between her legs, and the synonym for the word 'woman' has become 'sex', and woman has become the sexual tool, the woman is the 'object' - she is the weakest."

sarah hegazi, 2017

#feminism #sarah hegazi #misoginy #radblr #radfem safe #radfems do touch #radfems please interact #radical feminism #lesbian #middle east

[nuroful]

#sarah hegazi #queer #activist #lgbt #mena #egypt #donation #fundraiser

[rubymolotov]

In memory of Mahsa Amini (1999-2022), Mohamed Bouazizi (1984-2011), and Sarah Hegazi (1989-2020)By BASSEM SAAD

#article #revolution #iran #egypt #tunisia #mahsa jina amini #sarah hegazi #mohamed bouazizi #youth #organization #socialism

[kevindrakewriter]

The queer revolution in the Middle East: 'One good song can do more than 5000 protests.

الخزانة لا تناسبنا بعد الآن

#youtube #lgbtq #lgbtq community #lgbt representation #lgbtqa International #LGBTQA Middle East #Mashrou’ Leila #The Guardian #Video #Hamed #Sarah Hegazi #Helem #tarek ziedan

[cinnamonmustard]

Me laying on the ground today after learning that when the police showed up at Sarah Hegazi’s door to arrest and torture her for raising the rainbow flag she rushed to hide in the bathroom and deleted every messaging app off her phone, thereby protecting all her comrades and friends from the same fate

#cw torture #cw homophobia #sarah hegazi #mentos

[queerafricans]

‘BUT I FORGIVE’: SARAH HEGAZI AND THE MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS

#sarah hegazi #egypt #r.i.p.

[redshift-13]

https://twitter.com/maitelsadany/status/1536326655626682368

#sarah hegazi #egypt

[ladychlo]

and happy pride to those who left us before they could see their love and their identities celebrated, to those who fought for it to be celebrated, and to those for the sake of survival are silenced and only watching from afar. I love you. every pride is for you <3

#to sarah hegazi <3 #pride month

[apileofwizardbooks]

guess it's time to look up sarah hegazi and feel the absolute soul-crushing sadness that comes with reading about everything she went through again

#man. #tw suicide #i will be Very Emotional in these tags so apologies in advance for the incoherence #anyway for people w/o conrext sarah hegazi was an egyptian lgbtq+ activist #emphasis on *was* #after being detained by egyptian authorities for waving a rainbow flag in a mashrou' leila concert #(which is a band whose lead singer is openly gay and the topics they sing about include queer resistance and survival) #she had ptsd and panic attacks afterwards and had even applied and was accepted for asylum in canada #her suicide note is heartbreaking and i keep rereading it #i feel like ill soon be able to recite word for word #it's just...... #she's just.... #she experienced so much torture and agony in prison #and it was only for three months but it marked her deeply #fuck i am going to cry #she deserved so much better #june fourteenth will be the second anniversary of her death #please. remember her

[fiercynn]

palestinian poets: nada almosa

nada almosa is a palestinian writer and artist based in abu dhabi, currently working as public programs coordinator at 421 arts campus. she studied literature and creative writing at NYU abu dabi while also pursuing visual arts and gender and sexuality studies on the side. she dabbles in digital artwork, collage, and mixed media, but she is currently focusing on writing poetry inspired by found materials and text.

IF YOU READ JUST ONE POEM BY NADA ALMOSA, MAKE IT THIS ONE

you can also listen to "Queer Arab Dictionary" read aloud!

OTHER POEMS I LOVE ONLINE BY NADA ALMOSA

Melting at airport road (page 102)

Excerpts from Sarah Hegazi's letter in exile at the margins, as part of the i want sky collection of writing honoring egyptian queer activist sarah hegazy

Tickling Games at airport road (page 12)

Documenting Sanctuary #1 at airport road

#nada almosa #poetry #free palestine #palestinian poets series

[kaftan]

white queers and cishet poc don’t give a singular fuck about the struggle of queer poc in countries where queerness is criminalized. they don’t care when our people die. they don’t mourn with us. it’s been almost three and a half years since sarah hegazi died and I almost broke down hearing her name spoken at a queer muslim event I went to. An egyptian lesbian sharing my ethnicity, sharing my name, killed by her government. they don’t care. they don’t mourn with us.

#qaws quzah

[feluka]

Three years since Sarah Hegazy. Never stopped thinking about her.

Wanted to share part of a quote from her that stuck with me:

“الانتحار هي جريمة قتل قام بها إناسٌ لن يدانوا في يوم ما. مجتمع كامل شارك في الجريمة.”

“Suicide is a murder committed by people who will never be convicted. An entire community participated in the crime.”

#🌻 #suicide tw #eg mutuals be careful if you see her name trending on twitter #it's not all heartfelt tributes unfortunately. people are using the hashtag to be violently cruel about her death.

[yeahhhhboi]

I said what I said. We exist and I’m tired of being told we don’t. (TW Homophobia/Transphobia & death threats)

I love being North African, anyone can tell you I’m a proud Moroccan. But I’m tired, the way we (LGBTQIA+ people) are treat by our North African siblings are abysmal. The outing culture, the abuse, the misgendering, the assault, and the honour killings. Where honestly I see no honour is your honour going to let you into Jannah for taking a life, threatening our lives, for being violent towards us, for harming another human being? No. We just want to live in peace and exist with joy pride and happiness in being North African and LGBTQ+. But that will not happen anytime soon because we still got people sending death threats on social media, people pushing away others from the faith (as if it will get themselves into heaven), we got people like Sarah Hegazi who are tortured by the police and end up taking their lives due to the trauma. So I will remind you again the we exist and we have always existed. And we are proud to be both North African and LGBTQ+. And to my fellow queer and trans siblings we got each other. There are two organisations I personally know of if you want to check them out and support them @imaanlgbtqi who support LGBTQIA Muslims & @moroccan.outlaws.490 who supports LGBTQIA Moroccans. If you know of any other Queer organisations who support North Africans and Muslims please send it my way (either DM or comments) and I’ll compile a file of resources for us as a community to use. If you are able please support me on Ko-Fi I’m trying to save up for some accessibility aids and for survival because at the moment ko-fi and commissions are my only form of income due to disability and injury.

#digital art #myart #drawing #procreate #lgbt #poc #trans #indigenous #queer north african #north african #queer muslim #bipoc #amazigh #activism art #ko fi art #ko fi donations

[cinnamonmustard]

Saw the Sarah Hegazi mural in Toronto today. Shocked & disturbed /pos

#sarah hegazi