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‘Noura My Daughter to Nour My Son’: Egyptian Actor Speaks Openly About Transgender Son on Television

May 4, 2020
Egyptian actor Hesham Selim during talk show ‘Shekh El Hara’

Egyptian actor Hesham Selim has won praise on social media after revealing his 26-year-old son Nour is completing the process of physically transitioning to a man and has already socially transitioned to the male gender. Appearing on the talk show ‘Al-Qahera Wal Nas’, Selim spoke about the transition and his support for his offspring. “My daughter Noura is now my son Nour,” he revealed on the television show. “This is what God wanted and she is currently transitioning. I was not confused or surprised, because from the day she was born I could see her as a boy.” https://www.facebook.com/alkaherawalnas/videos/8966835096701679/ The actor revealed that he thought the transition was courageous given society’s views and that the transition first started when Nour was 18-years-old. Not everything went smoothly over the years though, with Selim adding that Nour had been upset with him for a while when he continued using ‘she’ and ‘her’ to refer to him. Now, however, all members of the family refer to Nour using male pronouns and are fully supportive and encouraging of him. Selim also spoke about Nour’s struggles with changing his gender from female to male on…


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