In 2013, I was expelled from university despite being at the top of my class, simply because I stood up for LGBT rights in front of one of my professors. That professor, backed by a group of students and the university’s administration, filed a case accusing me of trying to “lure” students into homosexuality. By the end of that year, I was arrested by Egypt’s National Security. In 2015, I was convicted and sentenced to one year of hard labor in prison for defending LGBT rights, “contempt of religion,” and allegedly promoting immoral values in society. After I was released, I turned to YouTube in 2016, creating videos aimed at getting people to think critically about religion, especially Islam. My channel quickly gained traction across the Arab world. But in 2018, Egypt’s National Security banned me from leaving the country. Not long after, the Islamist Al-Nour Party filed a blasphemy complaint against me because of my content. In 2019, I was sentenced again. This time to three years in prison for “contempt of religion,” criticizing Islam, and supporting LGBT rights. In May 2024, I was sentenced for the third time in a blasphemy case, receiving another five years in prison. bringing the total prison time hanging over me to nine years. Today, while in hiding, I’m doing everything I can to survive and keep making videos, hoping to eventually find a way out.