The Joke That Isn’t: Inside Egypt’s “Hahaha Jihad” Against LGBTQ+ People
Threats, tracked locations, coordinated pile-ons: this is what it costs to be visibly queer online in Egypt
An award-winning Egyptian journalist with over 15 years experience, specialist in gender issues.
Threats, tracked locations, coordinated pile-ons: this is what it costs to be visibly queer online in Egypt
In Egypt, LGBTQI+ people face escalating abuse where online harassment, state complicity, and social hostility intersect, turning digital attacks into...
Social media offers connection for queer Egyptians, but also exposes them to surveillance, entrapment, and harassment under expanding cybercrime laws
