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Exiled Egyptian LGBT activist Sarah Hegazy has died in Canada. <\/strong>Hegazy, one of 57 people arrested for raising a rainbow flag at a Mashrou Leila concert in Cairo in 2017, committed suicide in exile. She later served three months in prison before relocating to Canada, where she had been granted asylum. The news received considerable attention in social media and has since crossed over into the international press: Reuters<\/a> | New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exiled Egyptian LGBT activist Sarah Hegazy has died in Canada. Hegazy, one of 57 people arrested for raising a rainbow flag at a Mashrou Leila concert in Cairo in 2017, committed suicide in exile. She later served three months in prison before relocating to Canada, where she had been granted asylum. 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