Hunting Warhead Introduces: Gay Girl Gone

Hunting Warhead

CBC

True Crime

4.9 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Of all the young revolutionaries in Syria during the Arab Spring, Amina is different. An out lesbian in a country where homosexuality is illegal, she bravely documents her life on the blog Gay Girl in Damascus. Her candid posts attract readers from around the world, and soon she has a wide, ardent following. But then a post appears saying Amina has been abducted. Her fans mobilize, desperate to track down and save their fearless heroine. What they find shocks them. Journalist Samira Mohyeddin investigates what actually happened to the infamous Gay Girl in Damascus in this 6-part series. The result is a twisted yarn that spans the globe and challenges our thinking on love, politics and identity in cyberspace. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/KeDFgPjf

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0:00.0	This video is a message from a little boy named Salman.
0:06.0	He disappeared five years ago in Syria during the war to defeat ISIS.
0:11.0	He still hasn't been found. My name is Punam Taneja. I'm traveling to Syria to find
0:16.9	out what happened to Salman and the thousands of children like him, lost in one of the most
0:22.1	dangerous places on earth.
0:24.0	From BBC Sounds and CBC Podcasts, Bloodlines.
0:28.0	Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:36.0	Hi, I'm Samira Moiadin. I'm a journalist, documentary maker and producer.
0:42.0	I want to tell you about Amina and my new
0:45.2	podcast Gay Girl Gone. Of all the young revolutionaries in Syria during the Arab
0:51.4	spring Amina is different. An out lesbian in a country where
0:56.0	homosexuality is illegal, she bravely documents her life on the blog Gay girl in Damascus.
1:03.0	Her candid posts attract readers from around the world
1:07.0	and soon she has a wide ardent following.
1:10.0	But then a post appears saying Amina has been abducted.
1:14.0	Her fans mobilize desperate to track her down and save their fearless heroin.
1:20.0	What they find shocks them.
1:22.0	Over six episodes, I investigate What they find shocks them.
1:28.5	Over six episodes I investigate what actually happened to the infamous gay girl in Damascus
1:36.9	and unravel a twisted yarn that spans the globe and challenges our thinking on love, politics, and identity in cyberspace. Here's the first episode of Gay Girl Gone. Have a listen.
1:45.0	The first time I heard about Amina and her blog, It was 2011. I was in my cramped Toronto apartment
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