Our Press
A Sampling of our most recent press. For interview requests, please email press @ AlwanFoundation.org
BBC News:
- LGBTQ+ in Qatar: ‘Waking up in fear every day is exhausting’
- https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-61560241
Arabic Press (اللغة العربية):
Germany:
- First openly gay Qatari: “I’ve lost everything – and I will never return”
- German Documentary on RTL Sport
- DW Stories Feature
- https://m.bild.de/lgbt/2022/lgbt/erstmals-im-tv-lgbt-katarissprechen-ueber-die-schikanen-im-wm-land-…
Columbia:
India News:
Norway:
- https://www.nrk.no/sport/forste-apne-homofile-qatarer-angriper-nff_-_-kan-ikke-forhandle-om-menneskerettigheter-1.16011990
- https://tv.nrk.no/serie/dagsrevyen/202206/NNFA19062922/avspiller
United Kingdom:
- https://attitude.co.uk/article/first-out-lgbtq-qatari-invites-david-beckham-to-sign-petition-calling-for-gay-sex-to-be-made-legal/27219/
- https://attitude.co.uk/article/qatari-lgbtq-activist-in-us-requests-meeting-with-nancy-pelosi-over-d…
- ‘I do not wish to be anonymous’: Doctor becomes ‘first’ Qatari to publicly come out as gay
- The Metro: First openly gay Qatari with global profile counters death threats with visibility
- David Beckham accused of ‘stamping out hope’ for Qatar’s LGBT+ community
United States:
- https://sfbaytimes.com/fight-for-lgbtq-rights-intensifies-ahead-of-2022-fifa-world-cup/
- https://sfbaytimes.com/the-first-openly-lgbtq-individual-from-qatar/
- Washington Blade: Gay men challenge Qatar death penalty for homosexuality
- NPR: One activist is using the the World Cup to raise awareness of LGBTQ rights in Qatar
Sweden:
Uruguay:
Other News mentions:
- https://www.outsports.com/2022/8/23/23317644/world-cup-nasser-mohamed-gay-man-qatar-fifa
- https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/the-gulf/1654685720-first-openly-gay-qatari-love-should-n…
- https://www.fatosdesconhecidos.com.br/conheca-o-primeiro-gay-do-catar-assumido-publicamente/
- https://sportsmedialgbt.com/pride-house-birmingham-announces-events-schedule-promising-festival-of-f…
- NDTV: 35-Year-Old Doctor Becomes First Qatari To Publicly Come Out As Gay: Report
- Pink News: Brave doctor becomes “‘first’ Qatari to publicly come out as gay