Amrou Al-Kadhi
Contributor at Freelance
Writer / Performer / Filmmaker - Life as a Unicorn @HarperCollins - LAYLA | Sundance 2024 - Little America @AppleTV - Rep: CAA & Grandview. THEY/THEM
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1 month ago |
moviefone.com | Amrou Al-Kadhi
NR 1 hr 40 minDrama, Comedy, RomanceShareLayla is a struggling Arab drag queen whose confident façade hides their desperate desire for love. When their performance at a belittling corporate Pride event turns into a transgressive takedown, they are surprised to catch the eye of marketing executive Max, whose attentions sweep Layla off their feet.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
theguardian.com | Amrou Al-Kadhi
When I look back at some of the opinion pieces I wrote and the art I made in the 2010s, I can’t help but cringe at the conviction with which I presented myself and my work. Like many of my twentysomething contemporaries, I spoke with delusional ferocity about the “evils of the straight cis white man” and described anyone who disagreed with me as an out-and-out enemy.
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Nov 15, 2024 |
rollingstone.co.uk | Amrou Al-Kadhi
On a recent Friday at the legendary KOKO venue in Camden, musician Tom Rasmussen brought their pop operatic vocals to London, unifying the room through the sheer honesty of their music, and the piercing power of their once in a generation voice.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
attitude.co.uk | Amrou Al-Kadhi
I don’t like it when people flippantly use the phrase, “Oh, I was a bit OCD the other night!” You hear it in conversation: “Oh, I was a bit of a clean freak the other week; I washed my hands a lot — was getting a bit OCD!” Like a lot of psychological terms that get bandied about on Instagram wellness graphics, the term has woven its way into colloquial conversation when, in fact, it has quite a specific and profound meaning.
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Jul 11, 2024 |
ca.style.yahoo.com | Amrou Al-Kadhi
"Only judging the action can obscure the truth behind it" writes Amrou (Images: Nick Delisi)After not speaking for a long time, my mother and I decided to meet up to hash out decades of turmoil. She had long held a deep aversion to my sexuality and my being a drag queen, and home life was tumultuous and devastating. In my late 20s, after years of minimal contact, I finally confronted my mother about her severe reactions to my sexuality and gender transgressions.
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The TV and Film industry is in a profoundly bad place right now and it really is incredibly scary and precarious being a freelance writer and filmmaker right now. There's simply very little work, and the work that is being bought is hellishly risk averse. And AI is here. It's bad
RT @FilmUpdates: Amrou Al-Kadhi’s ‘LAYLA’ is now available on VOD. Starring Bilal Hasna and Louis Greatorex. https://t.co/2vpbqPy980
RT @Glamrou: My first short film, 2017. I wanted to cinematically exalt femmes and gender nonconforming people in a world that so ferocious…
