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| Amina Abdallah |
The popular lesbian author of the Syrian blog "A Gay Girl in Damascus" was kidnapped by armed men in Damascus.
Amina Arraf, who blogs under the name Amina Abdallah, was kidnapped while she and her friend were going to a meeting in the Syrian capital.
"Amina was seized by three men in their early 20s. According to the witness (who does not want her identity known), the men were armed," Rania Ismail, Amina's cousin, wrote on the blog.
"Amina hit one of them and told the friend to go find her father. One of the men then put his hand over Amina's mouth and they hustled her into a red Dacia Logan," the blog post continued.
"We do not know who took her so we do not know who to ask to get her back. It is possible that they are forcibly deporting her."
Her whereabouts are unknown.
Amina, whose blog has drawn fans from across the globe, holds both Syrian and American citizenships.
On Sunday, Amina wrote about the Syrian crackdown on protesters.
"They must go, they must go soon. That is all there is to say."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/06/07/gay-girl-in-damascus-blogger-kidnapped-by-syrian-forces/#ixzz1Oc3xCO3T
