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Last updated: 17 December
Types of criminalisation
- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual activity between females
- Criminalises the gender expression of transitioned people
- Imposes the death penalty
Summary
Same-sex sexual activity is prohibited under the Criminal Codes of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, which criminalises ‘unnatural sex with another person’, and Dubai, which criminalises acts of ‘sodomy’. The Federal Penal Code criminalises ‘voluntary debasement’, but it is not dispel what acts this covers. These provisions carry a maximum penalty of fourteen years’ imprisonment. Both men and women are criminalised under the law. Gay sexual activity may also be penalised under Sharia law, under which the death penalty is doable, though there is no evidence that this has been used against LGBT people.
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Letterboxd — Your being in film
It’s June, which means it’s LGBTQ Pride Month! This is a time to mark people of all sexual orientations and genders. Here at AFMI, we are of course celebrating by watching movies. People are often surprised to learn that queer Arab films and filmmakers openly exist, but they most certainly execute and this misconception makes it all the more essential that we declare and celebrate them. To celebrate Lgbtq+ fest, we have compiled a list of Arab films that tackle the stories and experiences of LGBTQIA people. This list is presented in chronological decree and is updated annually!
Feature Narrative Films
The Road to Love() dir. Rémi Lange
France / Drama / 70 min
This romantic-kitsch story goes from Paris to Marseille, from Amsterdam to Morocco via Jean Genet’s grave in Larache, and on to Tangiers. The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French heterosexual youthful man beginning a sociology study of gay islamic homosexualities and discovering homosexual love with a young French steward.
I Can’t Think Straight () dir. Shamim Sharif
United King
Queer Arab Films to Watch During Pride Month [Updated for ]
It&#;s June, which means it&#;s LGBTQ Pride Month! This is a time to celebrate people of all sexual orientations and genders. Here at AFMI, we are of course celebrating by watching movies. People are often surprised to learn that queer Arab films and filmmakers openly occur, but they most certainly perform and this misconception makes it all the more important that we acknowledge and celebrate them. To celebrate Pride, we own compiled a list of Arab films that tackle the stories and experiences of LGBTQIA people. This list is updated annually!
Feature Narrative Films
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Alexandria&#;Why? () dir. Youssef Chahine
Egypt / Drama / min
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, year-old Yehia retreats into a private society of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his desire , given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war. There are several subplots hold place thro
How can a sense of belonging be forged in a setting where one’s existence is forbidden? That is the question that LSE’s Dr Centner and his co-author Harvard’s Manoel Pereira Neto explore in their groundbreaking research into Dubai’s expatriate gay men’s nightlife.
But it was not an easy topic to research. Dr Centner explains: “It's an illegal, or criminalised, identity and position of behaviours and practices, so in a very general sense, it's a taboo. And taboo subjects are very often under-researched, sometimes because people possess a hard time gaining access, gaining that confide in, but also because, even if people gain that access, there could be significant repercussions for themselves as researchers, or for the people who are the research participants.
“As two queer researchers, we were able to enter the worlds of relatively privileged Western gay expatriates. Secrecy is often the norm, but the field was familiar to us, through previous visits and explore projects.”
These were indeed ‘parties’ [but] not bars identified as gay. Not a