Run(a)way Arab
A queer Arab boy, Nazeem, looks up to his Muslim mother with awe. Later in life, it is only through being a drag queen that he holds on to their lost and fraught connection.
A queer Arab boy, Nazeem, looks up to his Muslim mother with awe. Later in life, it is only through being a drag queen that he holds on to their lost and fraught connection.
Ahd Kamel
Halima
Omar Labek
Young Nazeem
Amrou Al-Kadhi
Nazeem/Queen Za Dream
Charlie Parham
Queen 1
Tom Rasmussen
Queen 2
A queer Arab boy, Nazeem, looks up to his Muslim mother with awe. Later in life, it is only through being a drag queen that he holds on to their lost and fraught connection.
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