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Queer Egypt Under Attack

Queer Egypt Under Attack

Release: 2023-01-31 ·Runtime: 47m
Documentary

A BBC News investigation has revealed how violent criminal gangs are finding, abusing and extorting people from the LGBT community they meet online in Egypt. Using masking technology to hide the identities of the people he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigates the complex online and real-life world of people who identify as queer and who have been repeatedly targeted by a gang with violent viral video humiliations and police arrests.

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United Kingdom Egypt

Production Companies

BBC Arabic
BBC News Arabic
البي بي سي العربية
BBC World Service
BBC Documentaries

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