After decades of lies, resentments and stolen identities, a Muslim mother confronts her drag queen son for her long overdue moment in the spotlight.

Watch filmmaker Amrou Al-Kadhi’s short film “Original Sin” starring Darina Al Joundi and Mojean Aria as mother and son at war over identity.

After decades of lies, resentments and stolen identities, a Muslim mother confronts her drag queen son for her long overdue moment in the spotlight.

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A Muslim mother and her drag queen son go to war for cinematic immortality in Amrou Al-Kadhi's WePresent commissioned chamber piece.

A Muslim mother and her drag queen son go to war for cinematic immortality in Amrou Al-Kadhi's WePresent commissioned chamber piece.

Watch filmmaker Amrou Al-Kadhi’s short film “Original Sin” starring Darina Al Joundi and Mojean Aria as mother and son at war over identity.

Watch filmmaker Amrou Al-Kadhi’s short film “Original Sin” starring Darina Al Joundi and Mojean Aria as mother and son at war over identity.

I feel a duty to platform Arab stories now more than ever.

I grew up in a Muslim family in Dubai, but became obsessed with the Hallmark vision of Christmas, and with Macaulay Culkin. The reality was a disappointment only Home Alone could assuage

I grew up in a Muslim family in Dubai, but became obsessed with the Hallmark vision of Christmas, and with Macaulay Culkin. The reality was a disappointment only Home Alone could assuage

For their final Attitude column, Amrou Al-Kadhi reflects on the healing power of writing and the "incredibly freeing" escape of drag

The ongoing genocide in Gaza has shattered our lives, leaving… Joana Antunes needs your support for Help Alaa's family survive the winter in a tent and evacuate

The ongoing genocide in Gaza has shattered our lives, leaving… Joana Antunes needs your support for Help Alaa's family survive the winter in a tent and evacuate

YouTube video by Film4

YouTube video by Film4

Writer-director Amrou Al-Kadhi presents a complicated look at the mother-child dynamic in wigs, heels and song, as reviewed by Attitude's Cliff Joannou

A tale of two mothers. Renowned Iraqi queen Glamrou, and renowned Iraqi queen, Glamrou's mother, fight for the spotlight with their competing narratives of WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

After years of militant bravado in my art and politics, I now seek to empathise with people I used to write off as enemies, says drag performer and author Amrou Al-Kadhi