A BBC Information investigation has revealed how violent felony gangs are discovering, abusing and extorting individuals from the LGBT neighborhood they meet on-line in Egypt.
Utilizing masking know-how to cover the identities of the individuals he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigates the complicated on-line and real-life world of people that establish as queer and who’ve been repeatedly focused by a gang with violent viral video humiliations and police arrests.
To see the entire investigation, viewers within the UK can watch Queer Egypt Below Assault on BBC iPlayer.
Worldwide audiences can see the movie on the BBC World Service YouTube channel.
Directed by Vanessa Bowles, Edited by Bettina Waked, Graphics by Jasmine Bonshor.