LGBT Rights in the Post-Arab Spring Middle East
鈥淚t鈥檚 very intolerant across the region. Pew Research Center poll data shows that a lot of societies are still very, very hostile with the idea of seeing the LGBT community as part of society.鈥
--- Arnaud Kurze, Wilson Center Global Fellow
Can the arts provide safe spaces for the LGBT community in societies that are often hostile to their search for tolerance and rights? Wilson Global Fellow Arnaud Kurze shares his latest research on LGBT rights in the post-Arab spring Middle East. That鈥檚 the focus of this edition of聽Wilson Center NOW.听
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