http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/06/arabian-peninsula-gay-lesbian-online-community-arab-islam-gulf-religion-transgender-internet.html
While the media kerfuffle continues over the fake Syrian lesbian blogger Amina Arraf Omari, who was actually an American male in Scotland, gays and lesbians in the Middle East are struggling daily to make their voices heard.
Based on the island of Bahrain off the Arabian Peninsula, Ahwaa (which translates as “passion” in English) is one of the projects of Mideast Youth, a regional nonprofit organization that seeks to foster diversity and advocate change in the Middle East and North Africa using digital media.
Other projects undertaken by the group include one that provides a forum for the region’s ethnic Kurds and another that aims to spread awareness about the situation of migrant workers in the Middle East.
So what makes Ahwaa different from other websites and forums tailored to LGBT people living in the Middle East?