Queer Egypt Under Attack
2023•12•47m•Released
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.
Director
Vanessa Bowles
Languages
Arabic, English
Studio
BBC Arabic
Cast
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Self : Interviewer / Investigator
Production
Company
BBC Arabic
Company
BBC News Arabic
Company
البي بي سي العربية
Company
BBC World Service
Company
BBC Documentaries
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