Emma Alraabeah
Age 1826 Jun 2024
Harlow, Essex (United Kingdom)
Suicide
Emma died by suicide. They were nonbinary and had fled from Saudi Arabia to start a new life in the UK.
Another trans/nonbinary life lost to suicide.
Emma is from Saudi Arabia. They fled to the UK to start a new life. The life story of an LGBT arab is very complicated. A human is truly lost is the cosmic of morality storms each person places on them.
Are the Saudis outraged that [Emma] had to leave [their] family?
Are they outraged [Emma] had to flee [their] country?
Are they outraged [Emma] could not see a world where [they belong]?
Are they outraged a human chose to die than continue to live among us?
No they were not. But they definitely had a lot of opinions about the sparkle I put on for a day during pride to reach people like Emma so maybe another Emma would choose to live another day and know that they too can belong.
@alwanfoundation started an intervention scholarship named Eden. It is named after Eden Knight. She was another Saudi trans woman that took her life away. We immediately exhausted our funding in Q1 for the entire year.
We will be fundraising this month to fund this program again.
Please stay strong. I know it is not an easy path. Together in solidarity.
RIP Emma
Emma was an active member of the antifa movement and participated in many protests in support of the Palestinian cause. After they died, their birth family refused to receive their body.
https://www.albawaba.com/node/saudi-arabian-trans-woman-emma-commits-1574842
https://www.facebook.com/sharmarkebukhari/photos/suleymaan-waa-wiil-khaliiji-ah-oo-isu-bedelay-gabadh-waxa-uu-goaansaday-in-uu-di/811575950951125/ [CN: hostile account]
https://x.com/laura_alharthi/status/1807513230283067834
https://x.com/Salsolaa/status/1807354075438055533 [CN: hostile account]
