Plot Summary

A BBC News investigation has revealed how violent criminal gangs are finding, abusing and extorting people from the LGBT community they meet online in Egypt. Using masking technology to hide the identities of the people he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigates the complex online and real-life world of people who identify as queer and who have been repeatedly targeted by a gang with violent viral video humiliations and police arrests.

Movie Details

Original Title
Queer Egypt Under Attack
Status
released
Original Language
ar

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Production Companies

BBC Arabic logoBBC Arabic
BBC News Arabic
البي بي سي العربية logoالبي بي سي العربية
BBC World Service logoBBC World Service
BBC Documentaries