CABINET FORMATION
FOOTBALL
Arab spectators use World Cup coverage to make their opinions heard
HUMAN RIGHTS
Mawlawi bans yet another LGBTQ+ event in Beirut
GAY RIGHTS
State Council suspends LGBTQ+ gatherings ban
GULF
Qatar World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality 'damage in the mind'
TURKEY
Erdogan moots putting headscarf reform to referendum
TURKEY
Erdogan says constitutional change will protect families against 'perverse trends'
HUMAN RIGHTS
HRW says Qatar has detained and mistreated LGBT people ahead of World Cup
LGBTQI+
LGBTQI+ in Lebanon: An ‘alarming and shocking picture’ of virtually erased lives
CINEMA
The courage to be yourself: LGBTQ+ voices emerge from the shadows
LGBTQ
Israeli rights group: Gay Palestinian beheaded in West Bank
LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
Legal Agenda files appeal to overturn Mawlawi’s decision to prevent gatherings that 'promote homosexuality'
HUMAN RIGHTS
Coalition of rights groups condemns crackdown on LGBTQ community
MORNING BRIEF
Damaged water supply, September maritime negotiations, attacks on LGBTQ+ rights and civil marriage: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
HATE SPEECH
Who are Achrafieh’s 'Soldiers of God'?
PRIDE MONTH