Glamrou

As an Iraqi drag artist, I was startled to see who was front row I feel a duty to platform Arab stories now more than ever.

Thoughts for METRO today about the sad state of Arab representation in Film/TV, and a history of colonial conditioning in this country (including a very racist art GCSE experience when I was 14…) metro.co.uk/2025/12/28/h...

My weirdest Christmas: my family had a picture-perfect celebration – but the presents left me distraught 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

My weirdest childhood Christmas in Dubai for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

My weirdest Christmas: my family had a picture-perfect celebration – but the presents left me distraught 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

My weirdest childhood Christmas in Dubai for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Trailer to my latest short film, ORIGINAL SIN. Commissioned by WePresent. Coming soon…🩸🧿🩸

'Now is the time for collective kindness; to offer people forums to feel held' For their final Attitude column, Amrou Al-Kadhi reflects on the healing power of writing and the "incredibly freeing" escape of drag

My final column for @attitudemag.bsky.social after so many years! I'm emotional!

This one is on storytelling as a political practice, collective empathy, and finding hope in a hopeless world.

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I’m playing Los Angeles on the 1st October! Come one, come all! www.elysiantheater.com/shows/glamrou

ORIGINAL SIN, my latest short film, is playing
the #BFILondonFilmFestival &
#AestheticaShortFilmFestival this fall in the UK - I purged this one from my guts, it's my Almodóvarian nightmare come to life! So proud of it!

Why are you all such wonderful cuties ♥️

Glamrou is touring the UK! Starting with one night in Edinburgh next month!

Tickets here 💞 aegpresents.co.uk/event/glamrou/ 💞

Genuinely cannot wait! See you on the road 💋

My first short film, 2017. I wanted to cinematically exalt femmes and gender nonconforming people in a world that so ferociously tries to diminish and erase. I wanted to share this bit of trans cinematic hope, this week of all weeks.

@nowness.com

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Donate to Help Alaa's family survive the winter in a tent and evacuate, organized by Joana Antunes 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

Please help Alaa and his family survive what’s happening in Gaza - I am in contact with them and they have no more money for food, haven’t eaten in days and the situation is completely desperate - any donation goes a long way. Please 🙏🏽 www.gofundme.com/f/help-alaa-...

My first short film, 2017. I wanted to cinematically exalt femmes and gender nonconforming people in a world that so ferociously tries to diminish and erase. I wanted to share this bit of trans cinematic hope, this week of all weeks.

@nowness.com

www.nowness.com/series/defin...

Donate to Help Alaa's family survive the winter in a tent and evacuate, organized by Joana Antunes 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

Please help Alaa and his family survive what’s happening in Gaza - I am in contact with them and they have no more money for food, haven’t eaten in days and the situation is completely desperate - any donation goes a long way. Please 🙏🏽 www.gofundme.com/f/help-alaa-...

YouTube video by Film4 Layla | Official Trailer | Film4

NORTH AMERICA - You can now rent / buy LAYLA to watch wherever you get your films. This is a queer Palestinian story about hope, love, joy and freedom, and as our beautiful star Bilal Hasna said - "it rallies against fatalism." I hope you it helps you feel something.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksw_...

YouTube video by Film4 Layla | Official Trailer | Film4

NORTH AMERICA - You can now rent / buy LAYLA to watch wherever you get your films. This is a queer Palestinian story about hope, love, joy and freedom, and as our beautiful star Bilal Hasna said - "it rallies against fatalism." I hope you it helps you feel something.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksw_...

Not Thames Water writing me that I owed an extra 3k this year because I'd "used the equivalent of 6000 baths of water in three months" because of a nonexistent leak, me then fighting for a meter reading, and them then being like "yeah OK you only owe £25 a month" xx capitalism xx

when people on Grindr say things like "just got home lol" it's like come on girly, did you really just laugh out loud x

A night I’ll never forget ♥️

Ok so I was wasted before giving this speech today but I didn’t realise I went in this hard lol

Layla shoulda been a contender! Hate to be that salty bitch but I do agree with Peter Bradshaw here, sorrrrrryyyy. Hope all BAFTA nominees have a beautiful night on Sunday though lol xx

99% of the reason I love Grindr threesomes is because you’re walking into the room knowing at least one human has already found each person you’re about to fuck attractive xx

What diversity panels have done to Glamrou:

Just bought something off a gift registry to celebrate a straight friend's upcoming baby. I really do think queers should be able to create gift registries for seemingly incredible milestones: "3 years in and he finally spent the night! Here's a wish list of Prada loafers," u no?

'Glamrou: Drag Mother' review: A revelation of family, faith and identity 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

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

Loved terrifying you all @sohotheatre.bsky.social last week. Thank you to everyone who came 😈

Glamrou: Drag Mother - Soho Theatre 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.

All this week at Soho Theatre: Glamrou: Drag Mother

‘Unapologetically queer and almost insultingly imaginative, Glamrou is a formidable intellectual powerhouse.’
★★★★ QX Magazine

Feel like there's a huge global event happening today...? Oh yes, we're announcing What's On This Week at ours

★ Jonny Woo
★ Santi & Naz
★ Glamrou
★ The LOL Word
★ Celya AB
★ Amy Annette
★ Hot Singles in Your Area Play D&D

Tix here: https://buff.ly/2TORk3G

'I struggled with my heritage but drag helped me access a new side of Middle Eastern culture'

Amrou Al-Kadhi, aka drag queen Glamrou, speaks to Yahoo UK for Queer Voices.

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As Trump is re-inaugurated today, I’d like to use this opportunity to discuss one of his most devastating crimes.

How I learned to love people I disagree with (by dressing up as my mother) | Amrou Al-Kadhi 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

Some thoughts on how my creative processes, and in particular embodying my mother in drag, has helped me make peace with people who disagree with me. Meant a lot for me to write this one ♥️

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