Movie Details
Original Language:Arabic
Production Companies:BBC Arabic, BBC News Arabic, البي بي سي العربية, BBC World Service, BBC Documentaries
Cast & Crew
B
Bettina Waked
Editor
J
Jasmine Bonshor
Graphic Designer
Queer Egypt Under Attack
StarringAhmed Shihab-Eldin
47 minDocumentary
Plot
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.