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English and Arabic Follows. This letter is open for signatures from Lebanon. 

Dear Nazra for Feminist Studies,

Beirut, 23 MARCH 2016

Following the news of the investigation on Nazra in the case 173 of “civil society and foreign funds,” we find ourselves unable to digest the amount of intimidation and oppression that now fill the spaces between us. 

سيناريو 1: قبل العيد بأيّام

I imagine myself going into a gift shop, where I ask the young man standing behind the counter to help me choose a gift for valentine’s day. He asks me while smiling: "for a husband or a boyfriend?” I imagine myself correcting him with a very serious face and an assertive tone “neither, for my girlfriend. I’m a Lesbian.” I can see that his face is yellow now.