Run(a)way Arab (2018)
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.
Top billed cast
Ahd KamelHalima
Omar LabekYoung Nazeem- Amrou Al-KadhiNazeem/Queen Za Dream
Charlie ParhamQueen 1
Tom RasmussenQueen 2
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