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		<title>Joseph Massad, homophobia, gay rights and the structure of modernity</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2010/02/joseph-massad-homophobia-gay-rights-and-the-structure-of-modernity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Massad, homophobia, gay rights and the structure of modernity A hostile and no doubt completely garbled account of a talk at UCLA by Joseph Massad on David Horowitz&#8217;s website, written by one of the ignoramuses employed by Campus Watch (I will not link to this article, but you can easily find it online), has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cross about cross-dressing: Is it a wicked Western habit that should be stopped?</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2010/02/cross-about-cross-dressing-is-it-a-wicked-western-habit-that-should-be-stopped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan 28th 2010 &#124; DOHA &#124; From The Economist print edition CROSS-DRESSING is on the rise among young Qataris. The local press says that more tradition-minded locals are upset by the growing number of young women affecting a masculine style of dress, baggy trousers, short hair and deep voices. These women, who call themselves boyat, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One day one struggle</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2009/11/one-day-one-struggle/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2009/11/one-day-one-struggle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>meem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 9, 2009 AUB’s Women’s Rights Club in collaboration with the Health Sciences Expertise Club held a seminar on Sexual and Reproductive Rights. This event is part of an international campaign organized by the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR). The panel of this seminar included Ghiwa S. (Women’s Rights Club) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bekhsoos : The Queer Arab Magazine Published by the Peepz at Meem is OUT</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2009/09/bekhsoos-the-queer-arab-magazine-published-by-the-peepz-at-meem-is-out/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2009/09/bekhsoos-the-queer-arab-magazine-published-by-the-peepz-at-meem-is-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>meem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bekhsoos New Issue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meem Achievements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/ The Queer Arab Magazine Published by the Peepz at Meem is OUT &#8220;This is the new Bekhsoos. Were back after almost a whole year of no publishing. So whats different? For one thing, weve decided to publish weekly. Yes, thats a huge commitment, which is why weve added the little beta yellow icon next to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gays and Lesbians and their Allies Protest Violence Against Homosexuals in the first public sit-in of its kind in Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2009/02/gays-and-lesbians-and-their-allies-protest-violence-against-homosexuals-in-the-first-public-sit-in-of-its-kind-in-lebanon/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2009/02/gays-and-lesbians-and-their-allies-protest-violence-against-homosexuals-in-the-first-public-sit-in-of-its-kind-in-lebanon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>meem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 200 people gathered on the afternoon of Sunday, February 22 on Sodeco Square in Beirut to protest violence and discrimination against minorities, especially homosexuals. Lebanese lesbians and gay men took to the streets in the very first public sit-in organized by Helem in Lebanon and stood almost in disbelief as banners with anti-homophobic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performing a Kiss in Saida 1950</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2009/02/performing-a-kiss-in-saida-1950/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2009/02/performing-a-kiss-in-saida-1950/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>meem</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bashasha (left) and a friend. Studio Shehreadze, Saida, LEbanon, late 1950s Hashem el Maadi copyright: Arab Image Foundation &#8220;Films inspired the people a lot. They came to perform kissing in front of a camera. In a conservative society such as Saida (Sidon, Lebanon) people were willing to play the kiss between two people of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meem Gives a Panel on Building a Queer Women&#8217;s Movement in the Arab World</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/12/meem-gives-a-panel-on-building-a-queer-womens-movement-in-the-arab-world/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/12/meem-gives-a-panel-on-building-a-queer-womens-movement-in-the-arab-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>news_editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meem in International events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meem members participated in many panels at the AWID Forum 2008, contributing to topics like young feminist activism and challenging religious fundamentalism. Along with members from Aswat, Meem also presented a strategy towards building a queer women&#8217;s movement in the Arab world at a packed panel with over 100 feminist activists from around the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Meem is now a member of CSBR</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/12/meem-is-now-a-member-of-csbr/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/12/meem-is-now-a-member-of-csbr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>news_editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meem is delighted to be the newest member of CSBR, the Coalition for Sexual &#38; Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies. CSBR is a network of NGOs and academics working in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and South-East Asia. Visit their website here for a loot into their very progressive core values on sexual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bekhsoos Makes Its First Appearance in Arab Media!</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/10/bekhsoos-makes-its-first-appearance-in-arab-media/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/10/bekhsoos-makes-its-first-appearance-in-arab-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>news_editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bekhsoos Media Coverage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homophobia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bekhsoos has made its first media appearance in Menassat.com, an online Arab news portal You can read the fantastic article in Englishand Arabic. After the exposure we got from those articles, Bekhsoos il Homophobia, our first issue was discussed on many blogs and news websites such as Caledoniyya, Muslimah Media Watch, and Jiha5 Saudi Magazine.]]></description>
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		<title>Meem attends the CSBR Sexuality Training Institute in Malaysia</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/09/meem-attends-the-csbr-sexuality-training-institute-in-malaysia/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/09/meem-attends-the-csbr-sexuality-training-institute-in-malaysia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>news_editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meem in International events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sexual rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Women for Women&#8217;s Human Rights in Turkey invited a Meem member to participate in a training institute on gender and sexuality held in Malaysia this past month. The training was organized by the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Socities. Meem gave a presentation about Arab lesbians and networked with various Arab and [...]]]></description>
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