Nemat Sadat

Nemat Sadat holding a handmade poster which says, "I am... gay, an Afghan native, an American citizen, an Ex-Muslim man, and the Father of All Love Bombs"
Nemat Sadat at the National Pride March (also known as the Equality March for Unity and Pride) in Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2017). Photo by Elvert Barnes / CC-BY-SA-2.0.

Nemat Sadat (Persian: نعمت سادات), born in 1979, is an Afghan-American journalist, novelist, human rights activist, and former professor of political science at the American University of Afghanistan. Known for his debut novel The Carpet Weaver and his campaigning for LGBTQIA+ rights, particularly in the context of societal and cultural Islamic attitudes towards homosexuality in the Muslim world.[1][2][3] Sadat is one of the first Afghans to have openly come out as gay and to campaign for LGBTQIA+ rights, gender freedom, and sexual liberty in Afghanistan.[1][2]

He has degrees from California State University, Fullerton, University of California, Irvine, Harvard Extension School, Columbia University, and Oxford University.[4]

  1. ^ a b Judem, Emily (30 April 2014). "Afghanistan's 'coming out' for LGBT rights can pave the road to peace". Pri.org. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Meet Afghanistan's first openly gay activist and author, Nemat Sadat". Vogue magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ^ George, Sarahbeth (7 July 2019). "Nemat Sadat: 'I too would like to go back to Afghanistan and not be stoned for being gay'". National Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Nemat Sadat – Belongg Online Literature Festival".