Gay man escaped from Iran to Winnipeg

Horst Backe (from left), Hamed and Mark Rabnett. The Winnipeggers sponsored Hamed after communicating with him on Skype.

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  • Kahlid Hassani (left, with his brother Qayum), works two jobs, goes to school full time and supports his mother and five siblings -- but he still finds his life here to be a piece of cake compared to growing up in Afghanistan. He won Winnipeg's Youth Role Model Award for courage.

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Youth activists write on a wall in Tahrir Square, Cairo, earlier this week.

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    I left Iran, my country of birth, 26 years ago. I vividly remember, as I walked away, turning my head ...

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