
Dr Shereen El Feki
@shereenelfeki
Writer-academic-activist on sexualities and masculinities in the Arab region. If you really want to know a people, start by looking inside their bedrooms.
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Anthony S Fauci. John Nkengasong. Laura Waters. Dr Shereen El Feki. Linda-Gail Bekker. These are just a few of the #AIDS2022 featured speakers. Find out about all of our featured speakers and join them in less than 10 days in #Montreal and virtually! bit.ly/3hNddui


Shereen El Feki, Equimundo Senior Fellow, is a writer, academic, and activist on sexualities and masculinities in the Arab region. She serves as the Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at UNAIDS. Dr Shereen El Feki UNAIDS Global #zerodiscrimination #AIDS


Dr Shereen El Feki #AIDS2022 The road to 2030 is filled with U-turns, speedbumps & emergency stops (& one other thing I didn't catch!). Incredible close to an incredible talk - thank you IAC - the International AIDS Conference UNAIDS Global

"When we have laws that respect and protect, they form a safety net that is woven out of fundamental human rights. But when these laws punish, deny or restrict, this becomes a spider's web spun out of inequalities." - Dr Shereen El Feki at #AIDS2022


As Dr Shereen El Feki reminds us, "The law is not the same for everyone." Learn why tackling discriminatory & ineffective laws is critical in the fight to #EndAIDS 👇 hivlawcommission.org/past-events/


Join @UNAIDSMENA and The Lancet HIV for a webinar on HIV and Key Populations in MENA on Oct 3, 2022 at 14:00 EET: wcmq.zoom.us/j/95911083506 Led by Peter Hayward, Dr Shereen El Feki + Laith J. Abu-Raddad with Nesrine Rizk, Tariq Alaoui + Heba Elsayed Read the paper: thelancet.com/journals/lanhi…



Great soul: Hearts break at the passing of #AichaEchChenna founder of @_SolFem, who broke new ground for unwed mothers in Morocco.I had the great pleasure of spending hours in her company for #SexCitadel and @bbcarabic film with Ramzy Haddad youtu.be/pf5ek5oOfFM Allah yirhamha.

الله يرحمها: أنا حزينة جدًا لسماع وفاة #AichaEchChenna. أسست @_solfem وكانت رائدة في المجال الاجتماعي و فتحت مساحة للأمهات غير المتزوجات وأطفالهن في المغرب. لمعرفة المزيد عن عملها الثوري ، يرجى مشاهدة الفيلم القصير @bbcarabic youtu.be/pf5ek5oOfFM الذي أنتجته مع Ramzy Haddad




Getting personal: Thanks Women of the Middle East Podcast #AmalAlMalki and team in Doha for a lively conversation on intimate life and what it means for big picture change across our region. Enjoy! #SexCitadel

The middle east is one of the only areas where HIV is on the rise. My new article in light of the World AIDS day. Thanks Dr Shereen El Feki and Nesrine Rizk. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Grande âme: Avec une telle tristesse, on a appris que notre ami et collègue, Adel Zeddam n’est plus avec nous. Condoléances à la famille d’Adel et à toute l’équipe UNAIDS Algeria UNAIDS Global Nations Unies en Algérie —tu resteras toujours dans nos cœurs, cher Adel.

Way of the world: Dr charbel maydaa and I offer some thoughts Chatham House on ways forward for our LGBTQ+ friends and allies in Uganda based on experience from #MENA chathamhouse.org/2023/06/how-li…

For everything, there is a season: The 1975 concert in Malaysia + FIFA Women's World Cup press conference illuminate another side of the cultural clash on LGBTQ+ rights—not whether such issues should be raised in conservative contexts, but when and how theguardian.com/football/2023/… shireenahmed.bsky.social

Thinkers & doers changing the world? See my picks in The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social's Public Intellectual issue: Dr Shereen El Feki & Khalida Popal, among others such as Hazem Saghieh حازم صاغية, Azar Nafisi & Sinan Antoon سنان أنطون: themarkaz.org/editors-picks-…

I'm Honored to be the first female Regional Director for WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean of World Health Organization (WHO). My sincere thanks to all 22 Member States for their trust and unwavering support. I am dedicated to achieving #HealthForAll & building on the excellent work of Regional Director Dr. Al Mandhari & team.