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Homosexuality and the Arab-Muslim world, a collective amnesia

The premodern Arab literature, guardian of a forgotten memory, demonstrates an alternative Arab sexuality since the Middle Ages

Homosexuality and the Arab-Muslim world, a collective amnesia

Every week, Lamis el-Hadidi, an Egyptian journalist, appears on the small screen, putting on a theatrical show in which she sanctimoniously lectures Egyptians on what is right and what is wrong.On the set of her program Kelmeh akhira (one last word), she is the voice of morality, the guardian of the temple.Hadidi is not one to bow her head and will not let Egyptian women feel humiliated, also defended the damaged honor of Muslims by the Prophet’s cartoons in 2020.She is also ready to fight until the last breath against the “normalization of homosexuality” in the Egyptian society. From polemic to polemic, she always warns against the dangers of corruption coming from the West.She asks, “how can we protect our children,” raising the specter of a gay Mickey Mouse.“We must not accept this culture coming from outside, we must be aware of what...
Every week, Lamis el-Hadidi, an Egyptian journalist, appears on the small screen, putting on a theatrical show in which she sanctimoniously lectures Egyptians on what is right and what is wrong.On the set of her program Kelmeh akhira (one last word), she is the voice of morality, the guardian of the temple.Hadidi is not one to bow her head and will not let Egyptian women feel humiliated, also defended the damaged honor of Muslims by the Prophet’s cartoons in 2020.She is also ready to fight until the last breath against the “normalization of homosexuality” in the Egyptian society. From polemic to polemic, she always warns against the dangers of corruption coming from the West.She asks, “how can we protect our children,” raising the specter of a gay Mickey Mouse.“We must not accept this culture coming from outside, we must be...
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