Queer Egypt Under Attack (2023)

A BBC News investigation has revealed how violent criminal gangs are finding, abusing and extorting people from the LGBT community they meet online in Egypt. Using masking technology to hide the identities of the people he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigates the complex online and real-life world of people who identify as queer and who have been repeatedly targeted by a gang with violent viral video humiliations and police arrests.

Released

2023-01-31

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

47 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Vanessa Bowles