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I dedicated prayer after prayer hoping God would fix me and make it all go away I was raised Muslim. After years went by, I learned more and more about gayness. I learned that it was natural and not a choice. I learned that no one would intentionally choose a life of hardship.

Gay Arabs: It Gets Better--From an Arab Teen

Directed by Maryam Touzani. They navigate cultural barriers, societal pressures, and the complexities of their relationship while seeking love and acceptance. Directed by Mehdi Ben Attia. The film is a poignant examination of family relationships, love, and acceptance. Directed by Shariff Nasr.

Gay and Arab: the struggle for rights & visibility

The bigotry I receive from the Middle Eastern community is a symptom of the larger reality that hatred and ignorance are the default, with many non-queer Arabs weaponizing our strict religious beliefs and traditional culture as means to invalidate our queer identities and justify violence towards us.

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Meanwhile, he dyes his hair blond, and turns to a close friend and the local queer Arab community for belonging. Surrounded by like-minded others at a Montreal bar, he dances freely. In the pivotal final sequence, Zoromba captures a phone call between mother and son with grace, gravity and tenderness, bringing into focus the compromises that relationships, and especially loving ones, so often require.