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1) Sheyam Ghieth is an Lgbt artist of Egyptian origin and she resides in the US. She is known for her illustrations on award-winning TV series Ramy. This is the story of how the BBC cancelled her. Because on her instagram account, some of her illustrations deal with apartheid. 
2) I was a senior journalist at the BBC & part of an email chain about Sheyam. A producer had pitched a story on Lgbt figures from the Arab world and put in Sheyam Ghieth as a prospective interviewee. It is an Lgbt story - not about Israel. And Sheyam’s work covers a wide range.
3) Seniors objected to Sheyam Ghieth’s inclusion. The head of BBC Mideast desk Raffi Berg was cc’ed in. They had taken a peek at Sheyam’s Instagram account and some of her work was ‘controversial’. How? She called Israel an apartheid and declared her anti-Zionism.
