Press/researchers
Information
requests from the Press Media and Researchers
The Safra Project receives a large number
of requests for information and interviews from the press, TV, radio
and others. Please read the following:
- The Safra Project is an extremely small under resourced organisation with limited capacity to respond to all requests. Please ensure that you have looked at our website and in particular our publications to inform yourselves of the relevant information in advance of speaking to us.
- The Safra Project is not an organisation that believes all publicity
is good publicity - indeed there are a number of factors that we consider
before responding to media requests or researchers including:
1. the security of our
organisation, it’s staff, volunteers and
stakeholders which must be protected at all times and
2. the sensationalist nature in which the serious and complex issues
that Safra Project works on tend to be portrayed in all parts of the
media.
Please answer the following questions:
1) Why do want to write an article/make a programme on, or research Muslim
LGBT people? Do you have any specific angle/points you want to make
and
why?
2) How can such an article/programme/research benefit the Safra Project
and Muslim LGBT people in general?
3) What do you already know about Muslim LGBT people and the issues
we face?
4) Which other organisations or people have you approached in relation
to this interview/programme/research and why?
NB: Please note that if the Safra Project does agree to speak to a
journalist we will expect to be able to see the finished programme
or article before
being aired or published and approve that it is a fair and accurate
representation of what we have said. We would expect a guarantee to
this effect in writing.
Requests for Interviews with Muslim LGBT people
The Safra Project cannot arrange for journalists or researchers to have
interviews with Muslim LGBT people. We can only put a notice out on our
members e-list. If you would like a notice to be put on the e-list please
ensure that you have included your contact details as well as answering
the questions stated above and email it to: info@safraproject.org
