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| Arab lesbians hold conference in Haifa |
| 2007-03-29 |
| Arab lesbians gathered Wednesday in Haifa at a rare public event, quietly defying protests from Islamists and a taboo in their own society. So strong is the antipathy toward homosexuality in their communities that only few of the Arab women in the crowd of about 250 were gay - a sign of how much Arab women feared being identified as lesbians, said Samira, 31, a conference organizer, who came with her Jewish Israeli girlfriend. "We'd like all women to come out of the closet - that's our role. We work for them," said Samira, who battled her own family when they found out she was a lesbian. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Well, what did you think went on in all those harems? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-03-29 21:32 |
| #6 "Samira, 31, a conference organizer, who came with her Jewish Israeli girlfriend." That is so wrong on so many levels. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2007-03-29 19:20 |
| #5 Was there a softball game? |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2007-03-29 13:46 |
| #4 Hot Haifa Heffers Have Hairy Hands |
| Posted by: Crineter Peacock1392 2007-03-29 13:02 |
| #3 I guess this part was pretty obvious: Many of the attendees said they were sad that the only place safe enough to hold a conference for gay Arab women was in a Jewish area of Haifa, which has a mixed Arab-Jewish population. Now if they held the conference in Tehran, or Damascus - that'd take chutzpah! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-03-29 06:09 |
| #2 This is precisely the kind of thing we need to encourage. Free all the bored/battered women of Islam, and the men will hopefully slaughter each other competing for the few that remain. |
| Posted by: Sonar 2007-03-29 03:08 |
| #1 Wow. That took some balls, didn't it? |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-03-29 01:59 |