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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah falls in love with the queer Arab love stories in ‘Shall I Compare You To A Summer’s Day ‘
Queer Arab love stories are brought to life in Egyptian film director Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s colourful new film, Bashtaalak Sa’at (Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?). A lively, handsome group of young queer Arab men, mostly Egyptian and Lebanese, and clad just in their underwear or less, recount their tales of love and…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews EL HOUB (The Love) a tense queer melodrama within the Dutch-Moroccan community in Holland
El Houb (The Love) is a tense family melodrama set within the Dutch-Moroccan community in Holland. Successful young businessman Karim (Fahd Larhzaoui) and his Ghanian boyfriend Kofi (Emmanuel Boafo) are in a state of undress at Karim’s smart apartment when Karim’s father Abbas (Slimane Dazi), a postman, delivers a package and sees Karim in…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden checks into REHAB (The Musical)
Rehab The Musical ☆☆☆☆ The Playground Theatre, LondonQueer At the beginning of the first number in this musical, it may cross your mind that The Playground Theatre is too small. By the end of the number, it will be more than evident that it’s Rehab The Musical that is too big. This…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews Wonderfully Made LGBTQ+R(eligion): a new film from Yuval David
IF SOMEONE IS GAY AND SEARCHES FOR THE LORD AND HAS GOOD WILL, WHO AM I TO JUDGE? POPE FRANCIS This documentary is on the making of a photographic religious art project that rejoices in the pain and suffering of the passion and death of Jesus Christ, crucifixion and resurrection included, using the…
