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Queer Egypt Under Attack

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.

47m2023

Arabic

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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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Status
Released
Released
31 January 2023
Runtime
47m

Production

Studios
BBC Arabic, BBC News Arabic, البي بي سي العربية
Countries
United Kingdom, Egypt

Languages

Original
Arabic
Spoken
Arabic, English