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Egypt’s Homosexuals Say It’s Time For Action

September 25, 2013
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22-year-old Abdo thinks he has found the recipe on how to make Egypt a better place to be for homosexuals like himself. By Alice Tegle, correspondent, EgyptianStreets.com “I always felt I was different and that something was wrong,” says Abdo, a homosexual living in Cairo. Living in a country where 95 percent believe homosexuality should be rejected, according to Pew Reseach, Abdo does not want to reveal his true identity. Not yet. But Abdo believes that change will happen soon. “Saved” by the internet “When I started reading and researching the subject, thanks to the internet, I realized that I’m not alone in this world. Homosexuality is something normal that occurs in every country around the world,” says Abdo, who as a teenager used to share the popular notion that there are no gays in Egypt. However social media groups and award-winning novels by Egypt’s famous authors like Naguib Mahfouz and  Alaa-Al-Aswany, as well as the upcoming movie «Family secrets»,  all depict  another reality. So did the rainbow flags being waved during the 2011 revolution. According to Egyptian sexologist Heba Kotb, nearly 10 to 12 percent of the Egyptian population shares Abdo’s sexual…


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