Category — Meem Achievements

We’ve published a book! “Bareed Mista3jil” is a collection of 41 true stories from our community. The English version will be available in bookstores as of May 17, 2009. The Arabic version will follow in June. Stay tuned!

Austrian Member of Parliament, Ulrike Lunacek, presented Meem with a special award recognizing Meem’s courage, creativity, and commitment in the struggle for equal rights (i.e. for our awesomeness!) A Meem member was presented with the €500 award in Vienna to the standing ovation of over 200 LGBT activists from around the world. Lesbian group Labrys from Kyrgyzstan also received an award for their outstanding work, as did Aswat, Palestinian Gay Women, who won the Go Visible award.