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Suicide of Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi exposes the 'freedom and violence' of LGBTQ Muslims in exile

  • Written by Ahmad Qais Munhazim, Assistant Professor of Global Studies, Thomas Jefferson University
imageA memorial to Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi in Amsterdam, June 19, 2020. Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images

LGBTQ communities worldwide are mourning the death of 30-year-old Sarah Hegazi, a queer Egyptian activist who ended her life on June 14, 2020.

Hegazi, who had been jailed for promoting what the Egyptian state called...

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