At least six people have been arrested in Egypt after raising the rainbow flag of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at a Cairo concert, security and judicial sources said.
They are accused of "public indecency" and "inciting immorality among young people", the sources said following Monday's arrests.
Egypt's state security prosecutor has been tasked with carrying out theRead more
Nisrin Akoubeh checks the oil and water before getting into her taxi and pulling into Amman's heavy traffic for another day of shuttling fellow women across the Jordanian capital.
The red-haired mother of three works a gruelling 10-hour shift in her taxi -- a rare occupation for a woman in this conservative Muslim society.
"I want to break the cultureRead more