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Bekhsoos
Makes Its First Appearance in Arab Media!
Bekhsoos
has made its first media appearance in Menassat.com, an
online Arab news portal You can read the fantastic
article in
English and
Arabic. After the
exposure we got from those articles, Bekhsoos il
Homophobia, our
first issue was discussed on many blogs and news
websites such as
Caledoniyya,
Muslimah Media Watch, and
Jiha5 Saudi Magazine.
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Gender & Sexuality Training Camp
Twenty one Meem members participated in a fantastic
2-day training camp on gender and sexuality on September
20-21, 2008. The program included lectures on gender
theory, sexual diversities, movement-building, and
feminism. The highlight of the training was the session
on sexual rights and its multi-layered intersections. We
will hereon be referring to ourselves as non-conforming
sexual beings :)
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FrontLine Training of Trainers
Workshop
A Meem member participated in the recent Training of
Trainers organized by FrontLine Human Rights Defenders
in Dublin, Ireland. The training focused on helping
social activists optimize their personal,
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Lesbian Harassment
September broke the record for number of harassment
cases reported to Meem by its members. These included
problem cases with family members, employers, teachers,
police, and random people on the street. Meem is
documenting all these cases of human rights violations
and has issued an internal security warning to its
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Garage Sale
The Womyn House hosted a one-month garage sale in
September. Members bought and sold things like DVDs,
books, CDs, picture frames, decorative items, computer
gadgets, and other items at very cheap prices. The
garage sale raised over $100.
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Book Club
Reads Suheir Hammad's Poetry
Our book club this month featured a rich selection of
poetry readings, the coolest of which was the spoken
word poetry of Suheir Hammad's ZaatarDiva collection.
Book clubbers read, listened to, and discussed different
poems of resistance, identity politics, and resilience.
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إقرئي هذه النشرة
باللغة العربية
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Stay tuned for
Bekhsoos il Pride, the upcoming issue of Bekhsoos out
really soon! |
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News Bits
► We
would like to thank our generous donors this month: the
organizers of BiBi in San Francisco, Bassam from Helem
San Francisco, and Norma from London. Thank you very
much!
► A
group of Meems has been holding weekly Photography
workshops on identity. The participants are learning to
work their cameras, as well as exploring the different
layers of their personal identities through photography.
► The
Activist Development workshop series featured an
interactive session on blogging. Our head Meem blogger
spoke about the how's and why's of creating a blog,
posting, commenting, adding gadgets, and using the
online tool for social change.
► We'd
like to thank raynbow.org, the Lebanese nonprofit store
for their continuous support of Meem. Their
Media Monitor is the best online reference for media
articles on Arab homosexuality since 2005.
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Selections from the
Meem Blog
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Ana Shezze
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Being So Different
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And the Stars Will Die for Her
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Website Statistics for Sep. 08
www.meemgroup.org
Total Unique
Visits in May: 5,546
Growth from last month: 3.7%
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