Paltian-Amerin sger and filmmaker Zaher Saleh opens up about his "stggl" growg up gay an Arab and Mlim hoehold.
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- GROWG UP GAY A MLIM HOEHOLD, MY BROTHERS SAID MY G OUT WOULD ‘KILL’ MY PARENTS
- WE ARE ONE+TOGETHER PRENTS MR. GAY SYRIA CAMPAIGN FOR ASYLUM & "WAR WH" FILM BY ZAHER SALEH
GROWG UP GAY A MLIM HOEHOLD, MY BROTHERS SAID MY G OUT WOULD ‘KILL’ MY PARENTS
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Sger-songwrer Zaher Saleh speaks about his stggl “growg up gay an Arab and Mlim hoehold”.
WE ARE ONE+TOGETHER PRENTS MR. GAY SYRIA CAMPAIGN FOR ASYLUM & "WAR WH" FILM BY ZAHER SALEH
Queer Paltian songwrer and filmmaker Zaher Saleh on how he mic and film to explore the his stggle gog up gay an Arab hoehold, the battle between his queer inty and Islamic fah, and how love, ultimately, always nquers all. ” It took her ls than a mute to ll back but took me 40 mut of back and forth until I fally said: “Raida, I’m gay. As part of my journey, I ma a short film that reflected my own stggl growg up gay an Arab and Mlim hoehold.
Zaher Saleh says his parents still love him after he me out, but they still “fear” “beg shamed for their son beg gay”. They love me but want me to change, fear of beg shamed for their son beg gay and the possibily of me endg up hell. Wh his prev sgle ‘Kezbeh (Lie)’ tellg the personal story of a young gay Mlim man sturgglg to rencile his personal liberti, sexualy, and love life, wh his fah, fay, and personal beliefs, ‘La7ali (Alone)’ mov on to explore the difficulti of navatg a relatnship when each person is at a different stage their life.