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'{{short description|Egyptian queer activist}} {{Infobox person | name = Sarah Hegazi | native_name = {{Nobold|{{lang|ar|سارة حجازي}}}} | image = | image_caption = | birth_date = 1989 | birth_place = [[Egypt]] | death_date = {{death date and given age|2020|6|13|30}} | death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] | nationality = [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] | death_cause = | occupation = | years_active = 2016–2020 | known_for = [[LGBT social movements|LGBT]] socialist and human rights activism | home_town = }} '''Sarah Hegazi''' ({{lang-ar|سارة حجازي}}; 1989 – June 13, 2020), also spelled '''Hegazy''' or '''Higazy''', was an Egyptian lesbian activist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=After Crackdown, Egypt's LGBT Community Contemplates 'Dark Future'|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/620110576/after-crackdown-egypts-lgbt-community-contemplates-dark-future|access-date=2020-06-14|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Noury">{{Cite web|last=Noury|first=Riccardo|date=2020-06-15|title=In memoria di Sara Higazy - Focus On Africa -|url=https://www.focusonafrica.info/in-memoria-di-sara-higazy/|access-date=2020-06-16|website=Focus On Africa|language=it-IT}}</ref> She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in prison in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow flag at a [[Mashrou' Leila]] concert in 2017 in [[Cairo]].<ref name="MEE"/> Hegazi lived with [[Posttraumatic stress disorder|PTSD]] resulting from the prison torture she had experienced in Egypt. She successfully claimed asylum in Canada, living there until her death.<ref name=Ghitis>{{Cite web|last=Ghitis|first=Frida|title=The shocking US vote not to condemn the death penalty for LGBT people|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/opinions/un-death-penalty-resolution-usa-lgbt-ghitis-opinion/index.html|access-date=2020-06-14|website=CNN}}</ref><ref name="Business Insider">{{Cite web|last=Aboulenein|first=Ahmed|title=Woman imprisoned and beaten for waving rainbow flag as Egypt cracks down on gay rights|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/r-rainbow-raids-egypt-launches-its-widest-anti-gay-crackdown-yet-2017-10|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref name="Boisvert">{{Cite web|last=Boisvert|first=Nick|date=2020-06-16|title=LGBTQ activist Sarah Hegazi, exiled in Canada after torture in Egypt, dead at 30|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sarah-hegazi-death-1.5614698|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-17|website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="Egypt Today">{{Cite web|title=Egyptian LGBT rights activist dies by suicide in Canada after 'failing to survive'|url=http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/88586/Egyptian-LGBT-rights-activist-dies-by-suicide-in-Canada-after|access-date=2020-06-14|website=EgyptToday}}</ref><ref name="eg24">{{Cite web|last=admin|date=2020-06-14|title=Sarah Hegazy: Reports of the suicide of an Egyptian activist in gay rights in Canada|url=https://www.eg24.news/2020/06/sarah-hegazy-reports-of-the-suicide-of-an-egyptian-activist-in-gay-rights-in-canada.html|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Eg24 News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="streets">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-14|title=Egyptian LGBTQI+ Activist Sara Hegazy Dies Aged 30 in Canada|url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/06/14/egyptian-lgbtqi-activist-sara-hegazy-dies-aged-30-in-canada/|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Egyptian Streets|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Walsh">{{Cite news|last=Walsh|first=Declan|date=2020-06-15|title=Arrested for Waving Rainbow Flag, a Gay Egyptian Takes Her Life|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/world/middleeast/egypt-gay-suicide-sarah-hegazi.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-06-17}}</ref> ==Persecution in Egypt== ===Initial arrest=== On 22 September 2017, Sarah Hegazi attended a concert for Mashrou' Leila whose lead singer, [[Hamed Sinno]], is openly gay. In an article published by [[Mada Masr]], Hegazi wrote that she was arrested at home in front of her family, and that during the process the officer questioned her about religion, why she removed her [[hijab]], and whether she was a virgin or not.<ref>{{Cite web|title=عام على موقعة «الرينبو»: نظام يعتقل، وإسلاميون يصفّقون|url=https://madamasr.com/ar/2018/09/24/opinion/u/%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d9%88%d9%82%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a8%d9%88-%d9%86%d8%b8%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%8a%d8%b9%d8%aa%d9%82%d9%84%d8%8c-%d9%88%d8%a5/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=مدى مصر|language=ar}}</ref> She was among a group of others who were arrested for waving a rainbow flag in support of LGBT rights.<ref name="Reuters">{{Cite news|title=Egypt arrests dozens in crackdown on gays|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-rights-idUSKCN1C72BW|access-date=2020-06-14}}</ref> Her arrest coincided with Egypt's zero-tolerance crackdown response to end public support for [[LGBT rights in Egypt|LGBT rights in the country]].<ref name="hrw">{{Cite web|date=2017-10-06|title=Egypt: Mass Arrests Amid LGBT Media Blackout|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/06/egypt-mass-arrests-amid-lgbt-media-blackout|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en}}</ref> She was jailed for three months at Sayeda Zeinab police station where male agents incited inmates to beat, and to verbally and sexually assault her.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Ramesh|first=Mythreyee|date=2020-06-23|title=Who Was Sarah Hegazi – Egyptian LGBTQ Activist Who Died By Suicide|url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/gender/sarah-hegazi-egyptian-lgbtq-activist-suicide-funeral|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623123259/https://www.thequint.com/neon/gender/sarah-hegazi-egyptian-lgbtq-activist-suicide-funeral|archive-date=23 June 2020|access-date=2020-06-23|website=The Quint|language=en}}</ref> Hegazi was released and fined [[Egyptian pound|E£]]2,000 ($113); fearing further prosecution, Hegazi sought asylum in Canada in 2018.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="Egypt Independent">{{Cite web|date=2018-01-04|title=Two held in Egyptian anti-gay crackdown are freed on bail|url=https://egyptindependent.com/two-held-egyptian-anti-gay-crackdown-freed-bail/|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Egypt Independent|language=en-US}}</ref> [[File:Sarah Hegazi Beirut Vigil (10) 05.jpg|thumb|Commemorative vigil in front of the Egyptian embassy in [[Beirut]], June 15 2020. The sign reads: "It was the oppressive regime that killed Sarah".]] [[File:Mural of Sarah Hegazi in Amman.jpg|thumb|One of the murals depicting Sarah Hegazi that were painted over by the [[Amman]] local authorities. The arabic script reads "But I forgive".]] === Legal and political context=== In Egypt, where homosexuality is not outlawed explicitly in jurisprudence, detention and charges are made on the basis of the 1961 "Law on Combating Prostitution" that sanctions debauchery and sex work. Following [[Mashrou' Leila]]'s 2017 Cairo concert, the law was updated to crackdown on Egyptian LGBT individuals even though the updated law made no allusion to homosexuality. The update authorized the police to infiltrate chatrooms and dating apps, to pretend to be gay men and women and ensnare members of the LGBT community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/03/jailed-for-using-grindr-homosexuality-in-egypt|title=Jailed for using Grindr: homosexuality in Egypt|first=Mia|last=Jankowicz|date=April 3, 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> According to the Egyptian government, the law was updated to address modern developments and to stop the internet and social media users from encouraging vice and the practice of prostitution. The LGBTQ+ community is posited as a national security threat by the Egyptian government, religious authorities, and political parties; this view is promoted by state-controlled media outlets.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Imran|first=Yousra Samir|date=2020-06-19|title=Remembering Sara Hegazy: Arab LGBT community mourns the loss of a 'beacon of hope'|url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2020/6/19/arab-lgbt-community-mourns-the-loss-of-sara-hegazy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622100940/https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2020/6/19/arab-lgbt-community-mourns-the-loss-of-sara-hegazy|archive-date=2020-06-22|access-date=2020-06-22|website=alaraby|language=en}}</ref> ==Political views== Hegazi identified as a communist and supported the [[Bread and Freedom Party]] while living in Egypt, and became involved with the Spring Socialist Network once in Canada.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://springmag.ca/our-tribute-to-comrade-rafeqa-sarah-hegazi|title=Our tribute to comrade/rafeqa Sarah Hegazi|website=springmag.ca}}</ref> Hegazi reported being fired from her job for opposing the Sisi regime in Egypt.<ref name="spring">{{Cite web|url=https://springmag.ca/interview-lessons-from-egypts-counter-revolution-for-sudan|title=Interview: lessons from Egypt’s counter-revolution for Sudan|website=springmag.ca}}</ref> Nine years after the [[Egyptian revolution of 2011]], Hegazi wrote that "the old regime will try anything, even sacrificing important icons of their regime, in order to stay in power or regain power", describing President [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi|el-Sisi]] as "the most oppressive and violent dictator in our modern history" and writing that "revolutionaries believe the battle is one of class".<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://springmag.ca/the-egyptian-revolution-nine-years-later|title=The Egyptian revolution: Nine years later|website=springmag.ca}}</ref> Hegazi wrote that in consequence of the revolution being left incomplete "most of us are now in the grave, in prison or in exile."<ref name="auto1"/> ==Education== In 2010, Hegazi graduated from Thebas Academy with a bachelor's degree in Information Systems, and the [[American University in Cairo]] Continuing Education Center in 2016. Through distance learning, Hegazi completed certificates in "Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018", "Feminism and Social Justice", "Research Methods", "Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace", and "Understanding Violence" at [[Columbia University]], [[University of California Santa Cruz]], [[SOAS University of London]], the [[University of Pittsburgh]], and [[Emory University]].<ref name="insta">https://www.instagram.com/p/B1XtvcmhAJW/</ref><ref name="insta2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BxNs_Q-hPaA/|title=Sarah Hegazi on Instagram: “Diversity in the workplace. نستقبل مباركتكم في الكورس الثالث اللي خلصته.”|website=Instagram}}</ref><ref name="insta3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BwskpbWhxwp/|title=Sarah Hegazi on Instagram: “ياعبسلام تاني شهادة في كورسات الاونلاين ، والمرة دي عن النسوية والعدالة الاجتماعية .”|website=Instagram}}</ref> ==Death and legacy== [[File:Sarah Hegazy Chicago Vigil.jpg|alt=Roses and candles line the ground in front of a sign.|thumb|Vigil in Chicago in commemoration of Hegazi, June 19 2020.]] Hegazi passed away on 13 June 2020 in [[Toronto]], Canada. On 15 June 2020 Hegazi's lawyer Khaled Al-Masry confirmed her death as suicide.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/sara-hegazy-egypt-lgbt-activist-pride-flag-death-suicide-tribute-mashrou-leila-canada/|title=Sara Hegazy, the pioneering Egyptian LGBT+ activist who was tortured for flying a Pride flag, has died by suicide|date=June 15, 2020}}</ref> A short letter written by Hegazi, in Arabic, circulated on social media following her death.<ref name="MEE">{{cite web|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-lgbtq-activist-sarah-hegazi-suicide-trauma|title=‘Egypt failed her’: LGBT activist kills herself in Canada after suffering post-prison trauma|website=Middle East Eye|date=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref name=":3"/> The letter read: "To my siblings – I tried to survive and I failed, forgive me. To my friends – the experience was harsh and I am too weak to resist it, forgive me. To the world – you were cruel to a great extent, but I forgive."<ref name="streets 2">{{Cite web|url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/06/14/egyptian-lgbtqi-activist-sara-hegazy-dies-aged-30-in-canada/|title=Egyptian LGBTQI+ Activist Sara Hegazy Dies Aged 30 in Canada |website=Egyptian Streets |date=June 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Egyptian LGBT rights activist dies by suicide in Canada after 'failing to survive' |url=http://egypttoday.com/Article/1/88586/Egyptian-LGBT-rights-activist-dies-by-suicide-in-Canada-after |website=Egypt Today |date=14 June 2020}}</ref> Her death was reported across a range of international news outlets, with tributes to her activism a recurring theme.<ref name="disorient">{{Cite web|url=https://www.disorient.de/blog/memory-sarah-reflections-violence-fear-and-pain|title=In memory of Sarah: Reflections on violence, fear and pain|website=dis:orient}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/community/137285/egyptian-lgbtq-rights-activist-sarah-hijazi-has-died-aged-30/|title=Egyptian LGBTQ+ rights activist Sarah Hijazi has died, aged 30|date=June 15, 2020|website=Gay Times}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://mannschaft.com/2020/06/15/trauer-um-aegyptische-lgbtiq-aktivistin-sarah-hijazi/|title=Trauer um ägyptische LGBTIQ-Aktivistin Sarah Hijazi|date=June 15, 2020}}</ref> [[Hamed Sinno]] shared a tribute on his [[Facebook]] profile to Hegazi which read "لروحك الحرية", or "Freedom for your soul".<ref name="auto"/> Sinno later composed and performed a song based words written by Hegazi shortly before her death.<ref>https://popularchorus.com/artists-pay-tribute-departed-lgbtq-activist-sarah-hegazi/</ref> Visual art memorializing Hegazi has circulated widely since her death.<ref>https://popularchorus.com/artists-pay-tribute-departed-lgbtq-activist-sarah-hegazi/</ref> The Canadian socialist magazine ''Spring'' published an obituary to Hegazi with Valerie Lannon writing: "I remember her saying 'I never felt so alive as during the revolution.' In her honour, and to fulfil our own sense of life, it is our duty to continue fighting for the revolution here, Egypt and around the world."<ref name="auto2"/> During the 2020 [[Gay_pride#LGBT_Pride_Month|Pride Month]], the Arab LGBT community held vigils in the United States, Canada, London, and Beirut to commemorate Hegazi's life and struggle against homophobia;<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-16|title=Sara Hegazy, who died by suicide after being tortured for flying a Pride flag, honoured with candlelit vigil at Egyptian embassy|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/sara-hegazy-suicide-torture-pride-flag-egypt-embassy-death-tribute-candelight-vigil-pride/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=PinkNews - Gay news, reviews and comment from the world's most read lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans news service|language=en-GB}}</ref> these came together with memorial vigils and events across the world.<ref name=":2" /> In Malta, the Allied Rainbow Communities and [[Moviment Graffitti]] commemorated Hegazi's death through a demonstration at the Egyptian Embassy and criticized the Maltese Government's designation of Egypt as a safe country to which refugees could be returned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mannschaft.com/2020/06/19/sarah-hijazi-gedenken-an-tote-lgbtiq-aktivistin-vor-aegyptens-botschaft-in-malta/|title=Gedenken an tote LGBTIQ-Aktivistin vor Ägyptens Botschaft in Malta|date=June 19, 2020}}</ref> Prominent Egyptian LGBT activist [[Shrouk El-Attar]] started a fundraiser for the benefit of Sarah's family and LGBT organizations.<ref name=":3" /> Hegazi was laid to rest in a rainbow coloured casket following a public funeral at St. John’s [[Dixie, Mississauga|Dixie]] Cemetery on 22 June 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Boisvert|first=Nick|date=23 June 2020|title='A fighter, a dreamer': Egyptian LGTBTQ activist Sarah Hegazi remembered with love at funeral|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sarah-hegazi-funeral-1.5622673|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623120636/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sarah-hegazi-funeral-1.5622673|archive-date=23 June 2020|access-date=23 June 2020|website=CBC news}}</ref> === Negative reactions === There is a long history of LGBT people being erased and oppressed both specifically in Egypt and in the broader context of the Middle East and North Africa ([[MENA]]) region. This occurs through censorship, hate-speech, and government co-ordinated persecution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/557954|title=Deconstructing the Gay International: A Content Analysis of Coverage of Homosexuality in Arabic Satellite News|first=Mohammed M.|last=El-Khatib|date=June 23, 2011|via=repository.library.georgetown.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://dar.aucegypt.edu/handle/10526/5249|title=Use of hate speech in Arabic language newspapers|first=Sarah|last=Eissa|date=January 8, 2018|via=dar.aucegypt.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/927/|title="And they say there aren’t any gay Arabs…": ambiguity and uncertainty in Cairo’s underground gay scenes|first=Mohamed|last=Zaki|date=October 23, 2013|via=etheses.lse.ac.uk}}</ref> Sarah Hegazi's death has been met with homophobic responses in the MENA region whether through government actions, through media coverage, or in virtual spaces including Arabic language Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/arabic/trending-53056635|title=كيف تحول موت سارة حجازي إلى سجال "فكري ديني"؟|date=June 15, 2020|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raialyoum.com/index.php/%d9%82%d8%b6%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ab%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa/|title=أنس السبطي: قضية سارة حجازي المثلية المصرية المنتحرة.. نقطة نظام|date=June 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/entertainment/2020/6/21/مؤيدون-ومعارضون-لإزالة-جداريات-سارة-حجازي-في-عمان|title=مؤيدون ومعارضون لإزالة جداريات سارة حجازي في عمّان|first=عمّان ــ العربي|last=الجديد|website=alaraby}}</ref> Grieving in LGBT+ Arabic communities has also been suppressed as a result of mourners fearing persecution for publicly displaying their support for Hagazi <ref>https://queerswhocantgriefinpublic.wordpress.com/about/</ref> The virtual response to Hegazi's death reflects what Laura DeNardis and Andrea M. Hackl identify as the use of the internet as a 'control point' through which LGBT rights are mediated and LGBT identities are suppressed - particularly in an Egyptian context.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1153123|title=Internet control points as LGBT rights mediation|first1=Laura|last1=DeNardis|first2=Andrea M.|last2=Hackl|date=June 2, 2016|journal=Information, Communication & Society|volume=19|issue=6|pages=753–770|via=Taylor and Francis+NEJM|doi=10.1080/1369118X.2016.1153123}}</ref><ref>Walsh-Haines, G. (2010). Queering the Arabic blogosphere: Egyptian sexuality online (Order No. 1482694). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.(763582268).</ref> [[File:Sarah hegazi 2020.jpg|thumb|Paris vigil in memory of Sarah, June 20 2020.]] ==== Jordan ==== [[File:Mural of Sarah Hegazi in Amman (Now Painted Over).jpg|alt=Mural of Sarah Hegazi in Amman (Now Painted Over)|thumb|Mural of Sarah Hegazi in Amman (Now Painted Over)]] Street murals and graffiti art commemorating Sarah in the [[Jordan|Jordanian]] capital [[Amman]] were speedily painted over after a social media uproar.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-21|title=أمانة عمان تزيل جرافيتي للمصرية سارة حجازي (صور)|url=http://ammannet.net/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1|access-date=2020-06-23|website=موقع عمان نت|language=ar}}</ref> A journalist decried the act in a tweet saying that :"...the Amman Municipality worked until the late night hours on obliterating drawings by some aberrants (شواذ - Arabic pejorative for homosexuals) in some areas of Amman. I am surprised that this category (homosexuals) exists even though it is foreign to our customs and traditions..."<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Erem News|first=|date=2020-06-21|title=صور لساره حجازي في شوارع عامة تثير غضبا في الأردن.. وأمانة عمان تتدخل|url=https://www.eremnews.com/entertainment/society/2267772|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622065955/https://www.eremnews.com/entertainment/society/2267772|archive-date=2020-06-22|access-date=2020-06-22|website=www.eremnews.com|language=en}}</ref> A spokesperson for the Greater Amman Municipality said "Amman Mayor Yusef Al-Shawarbeh issued an order to all district managers to remove the murals."<ref name=":5" /> ==== Egypt ==== Following a wave of anti-LGBT sentiment in Sarah's homeland, Noor Salim, a transgender Egyptian man and the son of renowned actor [[Hesham Selim]], blasted what he called societal hypocrisy and defended Hegazi's memory.<ref>{{Cite web|title=معنديش خلل هرموني.. كيف أثار نور هشام سليم الجدل مجددا على مواقع التواصل؟ - بوابة الشروق|url=https://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=22062020&id=afc948ff-4956-4648-a54a-9ab569809ce6|access-date=2020-06-22|website=www.shorouknews.com|language=ar-eg}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hegazi, Sarah}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Egyptian communists]] [[Category:Egyptian human rights activists]] [[Category:Queer feminists]] [[Category:Egyptian feminists]] [[Category:LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:Lesbian feminists]] [[Category:Suicide in 2020]] [[Category:Female suicides]] [[Category:Suicide in Canada]] [[Category:LGBT and suicide]] [[Category:Activists who committed suicide]] [[Category:LGBT rights activists from Egypt]] [[Category:LGBT people from Egypt]]'