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Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Stop Child Executions Campaign
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f e a t u r e s

Afdhere Jama talks to Nazanin Afshin-Jam , the Iranian-born activist who heads the Stop Child Executions Campaign, which works to save the youth in the country

Huriyah editor Afdhere Jama is writing about Stolen Moments in Shiraz, an article that follows the love life of a lesbian couple in Iran one of which is Jewish

Huriyah columnist Rahal X. is saying it is Nothing But Murder, in reference to a case where recently a young man killed his sister broad daylight in Hamburg, Germany

Openly gay Muslim imam Daayiee Abdullah is asked if there is An Islamic Approach to Gay Dating, and his answer challenges the norms and traditions of the old cultures

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c o l u m n s

Amir Ali is talking about The Power of Faith, in which he reminds us that sometimes the best the best answers to our everyday may be a lot more simpler than we think

Ayesha Rashid is writing about Authentic Living, and how we can help those less fortunate around the world live lives that they can be comfortable in

Rahal X says World, Here I come, part of "Blessings in Disguise", which is a series that follows his life around the world-- about the passions of love, life and spirituality

Saleemah is dicussing What Makes a Family, and how we can stop hurting ourselves by loving those who love us and learning to let go those who don't

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v o i c e s

Iranian gay man Varand is talking about being In The Darkness, a poem in which he that tackles being gay in Iran, family, and what thought haunt him about who he is

Bobbie Jeanne writes about How she got here-- from growing up pains, discovering her sexuality, and feeling lost in the noise of her new faith's followers

Openly gay poet Ifti Nasim offers a few verses For Reggie Nunnery, a young innocent bystander who was gunned down in Chicago during a gang cross fire

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c o m m u n i t y

Rainer Chr Hennig, of Afrol News, based in South Africa, writes about Somali Gay Community, a bi-lingual website for queers from Somalia to chronicle their joys and struggles

Emrican, an activists at Lambda Istanbul, is writing about Legal Battles, following a case in which the local government wants to shut down this oldest lgbt rights group

Pakinam Reefat is writing about All My Life , a feature fictional film about the lives of gays in Egypt which also tells the story of one of the men arrested in the infamous 'Cairo 52'

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r e v i e w s

Journalist Brian Whitaker, of The Guardian UK, reviews Desiring Arabs, a book by Palestinian-American scholar Joseph Massad of which Whitaker accuses of distorting desire

Sal Cinquemani, of Slant magazine, reviews Small Gods, which is a brand new album by Swati Sharma, an Indian-American rock artist who happens to be a proud lesbian

Dennis Harvey, of Variety, reviews Parvez Sharma's A Jihad for Love, a documentary that follows queer Muslims as they struggle to reconcile their faith and sexuality

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c a r t o o n

In our Cartoon section, the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, denies the existence of homosexuals in his county-- soliciting a peculiar question. Not to be missed!!!

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a d v i c e

She is becoming Muslim, He is leaving Islam. Neither of them know what to do because of sexuality. Find out what sort of Advice the doctor has for these two advise seekers

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