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Meem Publishes Lebanon’s First Queer Book!

Our long-awaited book of stories, "Bareed Mista3jil," is now out! An event launching the book took place in a full Al Madina Theater in Beirut on May 30, 2009. Selected stories were be read at the launch, which was open to the media and Lebanese public. The English version of the book is currently available in all major Lebanese bookstores and can also be ordered online. Excerpts from the stories, in addition to more information, can be found online at www.bareedmista3jil.com.


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Coming Soon: Bareed Mista3jil, a book on queer women and transgenders in Lebanon
04/22/2009
We’ve published a book! “Bareed Mista3jil” is a collection of 41 true stories from our community. The English version will be available in bookstores as of May 17, 2009. The Arabic version will follow in June. Stay tuned!
 
Gays and Lesbians and their Allies Protest Violence Against Homosexuals in the first public sit-in of its kind in Lebanon
02/22/2009
Around 200 people gathered on the afternoon of Sunday, February 22 on Sodeco Square in Beirut to protest violence and discrimination against minorities, especially homosexuals. Lebanese lesbians and gay men took to the streets in the very first public sit-in organized by Helem in Lebanon and stood almost in disbelief as banners with anti-homophobic and [...]
 
Sit-In Against Violence Sunday, February 22 at 5pm
02/19/2009
Denounce VIOLENCE in the Lebanese society targeting minority or disadvantaged groups as homosexuals, women, children, domestic and foreign workers and others. Helem, in collaboration with Human Rights organizations active in the Lebanese civil society, invites you to an anti-violence SIT-IN When: This Sunday, February 22nd 2009 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm Where: Sodeco Square, Beirut Who: Helem and Human Rights organizations [...]
 
Performing a Kiss in Saida 1950
02/17/2009
Bashasha (left) and a friend. Studio Shehreadze, Saida, LEbanon, late 1950s Hashem el Maadi copyright: Arab Image Foundation “Films inspired the people a lot. They came to perform kissing in front of a camera. In a conservative society such as Saida (Sidon, Lebanon) people were willing to play the kiss between two people of the same sex, but very [...]
 
Danish Youth Group Visits Womyn House
10/01/2008
Meem was happy to welcome 18 young men and women from Denmark touring Lebanon and Syria and getting to know local traditions and cultures. The very cool visitors enjoyed a tour of the House and had a discussion with Meem members about the situation of LGBT in Lebanon. Their project is called [...]
 

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