New magazine braves risks to give voice to Arab homosexuals

Dan82 · Apr 28, 2010

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bab...agazine-gives-voice-to-arab-homosexuals-.html

Mithly means "the same as me" in Arabic; it is also a respectful way to refer to homosexuals. It is a word that the people behind Mithly magazine would like to see replace the more common "shazz," meaning pervert or deviant in Arabic, or "zemel," an expletive to describe gays in the Moroccan Berber dialect.

Mithly was launched in the Moroccan capital Rabat earlier this month. Even though the magazine has received partial funding from the European Union, it was printed clandestinely and its first 200 issues were distributed under the counter.

In Morocco, as in the rest of the Arab world, homosexuality is a criminal offense, punishable with six months to three years in jail...
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IsItSo · Apr 29, 2010

Wonder how it's going to be received. Actually, I don't, but I hope it will be received better than I expect.

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