Run(a)way Arab

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Run(a)way Arab

2018

0h 12m

3.5(4 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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5 members

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Ahd Kamel

Halima

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Omar Labek

Young Nazeem

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Amrou Al-Kadhi

Nazeem/Queen Za Dream

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Directing

Charlie Parham

Queen 1

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Tom Rasmussen

Queen 2

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