{"id":62509,"date":"2021-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62509\/remembering-sarah-hegazi-the-egyptian-lgbt-activist"},"modified":"2021-09-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T00:00:00","slug":"remembering-sarah-hegazi-the-egyptian-lgbt-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62509\/remembering-sarah-hegazi-the-egyptian-lgbt-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Sarah Hegazi, The Egyptian LGBT Activist"},"content":{"rendered":"Four years ago, Sarah Hegazi, an Egyptian LGBT activist, attended a Mashrou Leila concert in Cairo. She was subsequently arrested, imprisoned, and tortured for holding up the rainbow flag in support of the LGBT community.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, September 22, marks four years since Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag while attending a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mashrou3leila?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mashrou3leila<\/a> concert\u2014an act for which she was detained, assaulted, fired from her job, made to live in exile, and ultimately brought to suicide. RIP dear Sarah. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zOV3MHwkUA\">pic.twitter.com\/zOV3MHwkUA<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Mai El-Sadany (@maitelsadany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maitelsadany\/status\/1440867530361483266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  After her release, Sarah sought asylum in Canada and attempted to manage the PTSD caused by her imprisonment, but the stress of her traumatic experience unfortunately led her to suicide. She left behind a note, which read: &#8220;To my siblings: I tried to survive and failed, forgive me. To my friends: this is difficult and I am too weak to fight, forgive me. To the world: you were largely cruel but I forgive you.&#8221;<br \/>  <br \/>  Her story resembles the experiences of many LGBT individuals, particularly in the Arab region, where they deem such freedom of expression and being true to oneself a &#8220;criminal act against the laws of nature&#8221;.<br \/>  <br \/>  Let us remember Sarah and her bravery, and let her story be a reminder to facilitate change.<br \/>  <br \/>  For anyone struggling, you can call the Embrace hotline (1564) or contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62069\"target=_new\">LebMASH<\/a>, an organization dedicated to supporting the LGBT community, on their hotline (76 085 714). 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