Muslim drag queen Amrou Al-Kadhi: ‘Whenever the drag came off, I’d have a nervous breakdown’

 

Amrou Al-Khadi: ‘When I started drag, it felt like the ultimate rejection of everything I was taught in the Middle East.’ Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

 

There is nowhere to sit and talk in the Soho members’ club, but just as we are heading elsewhere, Amrou Al-Kadhi peels away to greet a member of staff.

 

From their warmth, they appear to know each other well. But when we step outside, Al-Kadhi beams and whispers: “We just swiped right on each other!”

 

Al-Kadhi – who is a screenwriter 60% of the time, a drag queen the rest and uses the pronoun “they” – is very open.

 

Their book Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen is published this month. 

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/09/muslim-drag-queen-amrou-al-kadhi-whenever-the-drag-came-off-id-have-a-nervous-breakdown

14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Muslim Drag Queen

There it falls apart again, and as always when I thought I´ve heard it all.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

There is nowhere to sit and talk in the Soho members’ club, but just as we are heading elsewhere, Amrou Al-Kadhi peels away to greet a member of staff.

Soho ? So london and just another drag queen. Better read book would be drag Queen in Iran !