Donate Now & Support Mawaleh Some people think silence is golden. We think it’s boring. For too long, the queer Syrian story has been told in whispers, or not at all. We say: enough of that. Remember Mawaleh? We were…
The team at Mawaleh has always stood in solidarity with the Syrian queer community and against the oppression of the Assad regime. We celebrate its downfall, but recognise the ongoing challenges and dangers faced by queer Syrians under the current…
This initiative is meant to show LGBTQI Syrians that they are not alone, and that in case some of them need help, there will be people trying to help. It is also aimed at giving the LGBTQI community a stronger…
Mawaleh is launching an initiative to celebrate LGBTI Pride Day, which will be an online celebration of the event for many reasons; one of which is the current situation in the country, and the other is because homosexuality is still…
“Z” was the only child of a very well-known family in his city so his struggle with homosexuality was significant. He tried not to mix with other gays thinking that that would make it easier for him to get married…
On that day, “A” didn’t know that his life was going to flash in front of him every day for the next ten days; he couldn’t even dream that his sick heart would bare all that pain.
“M.F” was just a teenager that did not have enough knowledge when his mother asked him to get married before she died. He had just finished high school and wanted to continue his studies at the university, despite the rambling…
Although no one in Syria is willing to call the current war a civil war, most Syrians have accepted the “war term” to describe the situation in the country. It is a war in which the Saudi-backed Salafists are becoming…
In a country under an ongoing war, where homosexuality is criminalized by law, where Fedaa Aietani was arrested by the rebels for writing what they described as “unbecoming of the revolution”, where Dana Bakdounes was verbally attacked and abused for…
In Syrian dialect, Mawaleh means “nuts“. It is derived from “maleh“, which means “salty“. Choosing the name and the concept of the magazine was the most important task before starting working on it. People in Syria love nuts and enjoy…