Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTen years in the making this new excellent documentary from filmmaker Erin Palmquist is the engaging story of Ghazwan Alsharif an Iraqi refugee and former translator for the U.S. military. After years of service helping the American invading forces, he was wrongfully accused of espionage and tortured by the military police in Iraq for some 75 days … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGrab at least two boxes of Kleenex to watch this new documentary of a heartbreaking love story between an Iraqi soldier and an Iraqi military translator that always looks like it could end badly at any moment with either of the men being killed simply for being gay. The newsreels are full each day of so … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt takes a big set of balls to be a part of the US Army’s operation in Iraq when you are both an Iraqi and a gay man. Ghazwan Alsharif definitely has them, as after serving as a Translator with the Armed Forces for a long time, just two days after Saddam Hussein was captured, … Continue reading
