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Maher Sabry (in Arabic ماهر صبري)) is an Egyptian theater director, playwright, film director and producer, writer, poet and cartoonist artist. A gay activist, he was the first director to portray gay and lesbian love in lyrical and sympathetic manner on Egyptian stage. He also directed the first all-gay award-winning Egyptian film All My Life (in Arabic طول عمري]]. He also published poetry in various Arabic language publications and Marionette is his first poetry collection, published by Garad Books in Cairo in 1998.
In 2005, he was also a founding member of the Egyptian Underground Film Society (EUFS) (in Arabic الجمعية المصرية للأفلام المهمّشة)) as an outlet for promoting Egyptian independent film making and supporting freedom of expression away from legal restrictions, censorship and traditional imposed values.
Gay activism
- As a gay activist he started with others queer forums for Egyptian LGBT on the internet, using the pseudonym "Horus"
- On May 10, 2001 when 52 gay men were arrested at the Queen Boat Discotheque incident known as Cairo 52, Sabry launched a campaign focusing on anti-gay abuses in the case and asked for support from the international human rights group and gay organizations. He also mobilized legal aid and human rights organizations to provide representation in court for the victims.[1]
- In 2003, he appeared in a documentary by John Scagliotti entitled Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World. It featured in addition to Maher Sabry activists from Brazil, Honduras, Namibia, Uganda, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Fiji and the Philippines.
Awards
In 2002, he received the Felipa Award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC).
Filmography
- 2008: All My Life