Alwan Foundation

It has become apparent that it is crucial to have an independent body by the local LGBT community in the Gulf to represent them.

This organization needs to be completely free of the financial control the Gulf is exercising over many entities, including other nonprofits.

Alwan foundation aims to collect evidence-based data to accurately reflect the circumstance and living conditions of the LGBT community in different Gulf countries. Whatever the path is to change, visibility is the first step in that path.

Alwan has contributed to direct support for asylum seekers, has produced country conditions reporting for the first time on LGBTQ+ living conditions in Saudi Arabia and Qatar and has been key in amplifying important causes from the Gulf region.