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Withers: Lesbian blogger from Syria is missing

James Withers — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:48:47 +0000

A critic of the Syria government, especially on gay issues, was allegedly abducted yesterday.

On Monday Amina Abdallah Araf, who blogs at A Gay Girl in Damascus, was walking with a friend when(...)

Gay TV news reporter beaten in Bahrain

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:00:51 +0000

ABC News correspondent Miguel Marquez was attacked while covering an anti-government protest in Bahrain.

Marquez was reporting from Pearl Square in the capital Manama when he was surrounded and(...)

Syrian police release gay partygoers

logointern1 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:00:44 +0000

Syrian police released more than 25 men who were in custody for participating in private gay parties, reports Gay Middle East.

The men were arrested in the most recent of a series of raids that(...)

Pakistan hires transgender tax collectors to “embarrass” tax evaders

logointern1 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:00:04 +0000

The wealthy Clifton neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan is hiring transgender women to “shame” tax evaders into paying.

“Neighbors will come out and say, ‘Oh, what’s happening?’ and(...)

Syrian authorities raid gay parties

logointern1 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:19:32 +0000

Syrian authorities raided several private gay parties recently, arresting 25 men in the last raid. According to gaymiddleeast.com, the men were charged with partaking in and encouraging(...)

In Mideast, marriage too can be a battlefield

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:52:50 +0000

(Nicosia, Cyprus) The two couples had never met each other, and probably never would. They had come from opposite sides of a border between longtime enemies.

But Elie Wakim and Nada Ghamloush(...)

Besen: The mess in the Middle East

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:43:26 +0000

As long as we refer to the Middle East as the “Holy Land” there will be war. For peace to prosper, extremists, on both sides, will have to he marginalized. This will require courage from Israeli(...)

Withers: An October surprise?

James Withers — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:30:02 +0000

The conservative blog-world has been in the red zone over this story. Now John McCain’s campaign has kicked in. Seems as if the LA Times (hey there Brandon and Angel!) has a video-tape of Barack Obama attending a going away party for Rashid Khalidi, a former University of Chicago professor who now teaches at Columbia [...]

Analysis: Obama and the Fragile Middle East

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:20:56 +0000

(Washington) Is there anything new a presidential candidate can say about the absence of peace in the fragile Middle East?

Anything beyond a promise to work at it hard?

Barack Obama is not(...)