Lesbiennes du Maroc. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Fall 2011), pp. 98-112. Kifkif - Communauté des lesbiennes, gays, transsexuels et bisexuels du Maroc. Gay/Lesbian entertainment in Morocco. Close message Find out more about how we use cookies. You can update your settings by clicking the Cookie Policy link which can be found anytime at the bottom of the page. Skip global navigation to content Home Destinations Select a region Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canary Islands Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d’Ivoire.
Gay hotels, gay and lesbian bars, restaurants, and clubs. Gay Morocco News & Reports 2002-08. Also see: Islam and Homosexuality Behind the Mask LGBT African website Love, Sex and Religion–Murder in Muslim Morocco Also see: More information about Islam & Homosexuality can be found at: www.al-fatiha.org Other articles of interest can be found at: groups.yahoo.com/group/al-fatiha-newsQueer Muslim magazine: Huriyah Gay Islam discussion groups:
MER206. Abdessamad Dialmy. Le blog de Dialmy. SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND PRACTICES IN MOROCCO (I) HOMOSEXUALITY - Le blog de Dialmy. Prof.
Dr. Abdessamad Dialmy University Mohamed V Rabat The social-anthropological studies that describe sexual behaviors and practices are qualitative in their big majority. In fact, only four studies have tried to assess quantitatively sexual behaviors and practices, but their sample is not representative. I- Homosexuality Sexual socialization makes itself through rituals that construct a dominant masculine heterosexuality. The socialization of the boy is centered on the glorification of his penis. At his first marriage, the groom is ritually called sultan (king), which is a way to say that "the groom becomes a man when becoming the male par excellence, the king (...).
Sexuality and Islam. [Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2010. Participants- Feminisme Islamic. (EEUU), Sheikha of the Mustafawiyya Sufi Order (Morocco), Professeur à l’université de Fès et directeur du Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’études sur la santé et la population de l’Université de Fès (Maroc).
(Spain), head of the department of Theology and Sciences of Religions in University Carlos III and is founder and current Secretary General of the Progressive Association of Theologians John XXIII. Ms. Zahira Kamal is the Director of Palestinian Women Research and Documentation Center-UNESCO and ex-Minister of Women’s Affairs of the Palestinian (2003-2006). She was the Director General of the Gender Planning and Development at the Palestinian Government (1996-2003). Moroccan Youth, Sex and Islam. According to official statistics from Morocco’s Ministry of Public Health, from the beginning of the AlDS pandemic to 1997, 450 cases of HIV infection had been recorded in the country.
At the same time, a minimum of 100,000 new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid and genital herpes are reported annually in Morocco. [1] In 1997, the high number of STD infections led The Population Council’s MEAwards Program [2] to fund a study of the relationship between HIV and sexual behavior among young Moroccans. Conducted by the author, the study, called “Youth, AIDS and Islam,” consisted of interviews with controlled samples of young Moroccans in Morocco and living abroad. [3] The study asked if young Moroccans understood the risk of HIV infection and if this understanding was sufficient to produce changes in sexual behavior. Premarital Sex and Islam In general, the young people interviewed also reject the idea of early marriage. The ‘Ulama’ Respond. Lesbians in Morocco: Should we stay or should we go? RABAT, Morocco – In Morocco, often considered one of the most liberal Muslim countries, affection between women is common.
Girls loop arms, stroll hand-in-hand and sit cuddled together. But when this affection becomes romantic and women want to live openly as lesbians, Morocco’s acceptance abruptly stops. “Lesbianism is not a good thing. Our God does not allow us to do something like this. It is haram,” said Hasnae Krimi, 22, a linguistics student at Rabat’s Mohammed V University, who believes that sickness and natural disasters are increasing as a warning to reject homosexuality. Even after the Arab Spring, as demands for democracy and human rights ripple through North Africa, homosexuality is still an island unchanged, officially illegal and too taboo to be discussed openly.
Abdellah Taïa. Abdellah Taïa (Arabic: عبد الله الطايع) (born 1973) is a Moroccan writer who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1998.
His works have been translated into Basque,[1] Dutch, English, Romanian, Spanish,[2] Swedish[3] and Arabic.[4] Amazon. Amazon. An Arab Melancholia (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) (9781584351115): Abdellah Taïa, Frank Stock. Rachid O. Rachid O.
Amazon. المثليين والمثليات وثنائيي ومتحوليي الجنس في المغرب. LGBT rights in Morocco. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Morocco (including the 80 percent of Western Sahara controlled by Morocco) face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.
Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Morocco. Morocco's statute and culture towards LGBT issues stands in stark contrast to neighboring Spain. Law regarding same-sex sexual activity[edit] Article 489 of the Penal Code of Morocco criminalizes “lewd or unnatural acts with an individual of the same sex.”.[2] Same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Morocco and can be punished with anything from 6 months to 3 years imprisonment and a fine of 120 to 1200 dirhams.[3][4] However, the law is sporadically enforced by the authorities,[4] with a degree of tolerance extended to homosexuality in the holiday resorts like Marrakesh.[4] Often these relationships are a form of prostitution, involving tourists.
Government policy[edit] Tips for Gay and Lesbian Travelers in Morocco at Frommer. 0Google + Homosexuality is considered relatively common, though rarely acknowledged, amongst Moroccan men.
Even though illegal and punishable with imprisonment, the lack of everyday integration between the sexes has lent itself to a general and subtle tolerance toward male effeminate behavior. Platonic affection between Moroccan males -- such as holding hands, which is a sign of friendship and respect -- is freely shown, and some of the Berber tribes (the Atlas Chleuh, for example) are known as particularly tolerant toward homosexual behavior.
Lesbianism is relatively uncommon and definitely not acknowledged, as it portrays a weakness in both the woman -- she's expected to get married and bear children -- and her family. For both gays and lesbians, discretion is advised. Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice.