TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY INES BEL AIBA: Teddy, a Lebanese university graduate, performs a belly dance at a nightclub in Beirut, 03 November 2007. An association openly fighting for gay rights in the Arab world, where they can face the death penalty, can only be found in Beirut where homosexuals live freely, although still socially ostracised. Founded in 2004, ‘Helem’ (Dream), the first gay association in the Arab world, even collaborates with the health ministry to fight against AIDS and campaigns for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Lebanon. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
