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I founded my own platform, titled My.Kali, which is the first LGBTQIA-inclusive – and the only regularly updated – webzine in Jordan and one of the first in the Middle East and North Africa. The magazine was established in 2007 by a group of passionate students with various interests ranging from design, to the arts, and politics. My.Kali strives to address homophobia and transphobia and empower the youth to defy mainstream gender binaries in the Arab world. The platform aims to demonstrate diversity and fight repressive forms and norms with art therapy, photography, and visual innovation. Our online pages hosts many bloggers, guest writers, and photographers to come together from across the Middle East and North Africa, to put together empowering and informative editorial.

People can talk to me about alternative ways in shaping LGBT identities when it comes to various cultures, art in all its forms and how it assists your cause, how our communities operate online - the unique threats that LGBT face online, obstacles to access, and advocacy strategies.

This year I'm participating with Freedom House in the IGF 2016, representing assessment report regarding my country's marginalized community (LGBT) in digital and mobile spaces and will share my work with my fellow participants and address questions.

The Freedom House panel takes place Wednesday 10:45 am.