Allison Washington

Journalist, essayist, memoirist. Reporting from Cairo.

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

This painting is my wife @AriadneTzn's tribute to Sarah Hegazi, a queer Egyptian woman living in exile in Canada, who took her life on Sunday. 1/

#SarahHegazi #lgbtegypt
#سارة_حجازي

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

And in Egypt, EIPR provides lawyers for arrested queer people: 10/10
https://t.co/LfjXc47rsi

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

This painting is my wife @AriadneTzn's tribute to Sarah Hegazi, a queer Egyptian woman living in exile in Canada, who took her life on Sunday. 1/

#SarahHegazi #lgbtegypt
#سارة_حجازي

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

For those who can do more to help queer Egyptians…
Rainbow Railroad helps queer people to escape Egypt and secure asylum in Canada: 9/
https://t.co/wOIAGqX8nR

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

@transscribe

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

In the comic, I'm clarifying her tweet. What she actually said was 'I'd march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female.' Combined with all the rest, her meaning seems clear enough to me.

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

@RMiffed @GoodTransNews @lisasevern *blushes* Aww shucks.

@RMiffed is the best possible friend.

@lisasevern is the best, full stop.

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

@mayascape Oh, I believe I'm the lucky one.

Ah, name fit... Allison is actually my middle name, which I decided I preferred some time ago when a mental and social restructuring was required... ;-)

Maya Ming has a nice ring.

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

@mayascape Speaking of dating...I see the surname change...did something happen?

Just to catch up, something did happen to me: 1. Turns out I'm not straight after all. Who knew? 2. I'm engaged. Yes, she's cute a.f. Yes, I'm changing countries again.

I though you might be amused...

[attn @attn]

.@Schwarzenegger has a blunt message for Nazis.

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

Finally, after two months of silence, a proper update for you. Contains various impressions and photos of Athens interwoven with my mental turmoil and hopes for recovery.

https://t.co/3bLHWtm50o

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

She is not considering leaving Egypt at this time. The reasons she gives are her commitment to her activism on behalf of Egyptian trans people, and her inability to tolerate further loneliness on top of what she has already endured. 2/2

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

For those who have been following the ordeal of my friend Malak El Kashef, in Egypt, the prosecutor has announced a decision to release her pending trial, after holding her in pre-trial detention in solitary confinement in Tora men's prison for four months. 1/

[Allison Washington @allisawash]

Update: I have spoken with Malak. She is suffering fairly severe symptoms of the trauma she has been through. I am quite concerned. 1/2