Location: Unknown

After being left for dead by militia men in Iraq for photographing a story about the treatment of gay men, Nasser fled to Damascus, Syria, barely alive. 18 months later he is robbed in Damascus, everything he had stolen by a boyfriend. He was feeling betrayed and impatient, and tired of waiting to hear of news of resettlement to another country through the United Nations.
Nasser wanted to go to Bulgaria, smuggling himself into the European Union illegally.
Instead he went back to Iraq to get new documents, risking his life doing so.
Arriving back in Iraq Nasser was kidnapped and has dissapeared. His whereabouts, his survival; unknown.
I just had a phone call from someone in Iraq telling me that Nasser had been taken away, and that his friends are worried he might have been killed for real this time.

In the search to make a new start, Nasser; a very brave, quiet and confident man may have lost his life and become another number added to the countless others killed because of their sexuality in Iraq. Sexual genocide continues.

He may be alive, held somewhere.
If he's alive, his courage will allow him to break out, escape, and start the new life he has been wishing for.

A Palestinian Rapper in Beirut

A fresh minded 22 year old Palestinian, first generation to be born in the Burg el-Barajneh refugee camp in the suburbs of Beirut to a member of Hamas and his wife. Instead of encouraging violence, Mohammed al-Turk, aka TNT spreads words of resistance through his music.
He's young and fed up with the cramped living conditions, lack of job opportunities, social stigma and dual identity that being raised in one of Lebanon's 12 official refugee camps for displaced Palestinians offer.
Rap is his weapon against his situation, described as 'war music' by the man himself. His inspiration came not from the streets of New York like the origins of rap, but the streets of his neighbourhood, and he and is partner Yaseen, known as i'Voice (invincible voice) have sculpted the lyrics and beats to suit their message and their audience.
Having performed across Europe and the USA at various world music festivals, TNT disappeared in Oslo before performing at the Oslo world music festival in Norway in November this year (2010). The reason for his disappearance is still not clear, although media sources say that his discovery is not far away. I hope that he is safe, well and not in trouble.