If you watched and enjoyed ORIGINAL SIN, it would really mean the world if you could leave us a rating and review on LETTERBOXD. Thank you :) letterboxd.com/film/origina...

Original Sin (2025)

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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In 1996 I was the Dubai & Saudi ambassador for Mothercare lol. This ad was such a slay catwalk, queer from Day 1 ♥️ #HappyPride

My proudest bit of filmmaking to date. A queer Arab Medea, a mythological Almodóvarian intergenerational war between a Muslim mother and her drag queen child. Watch now on WePresents. I call this my rage film. wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/orig...

WePresent | Watch Amrou Al-Kadhi’s hyperreal film “Original Sin”

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.

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I delivered a feature film script - after months of work - to a WGA signatory company in May. It's now July & I STILL haven't been paid. The toll this kind of thing takes on our mental health as writers is profound. What may just be administrative delays for a company has genuinely cost me my summer

I delivered a feature film script - after months of work - to a WGA signatory company in May. It's now July & I STILL haven't been paid. The toll this kind of thing takes on our mental health as writers is profound. What may just be administrative delays for a company has genuinely cost me my summer

happy Pride lol x

This portrait of me was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery tonight and it’s a very proud moment ngl

You can buy 5 Glamrous for 5 quid at the National Gallery!!! What a steal bitches!

This portrait of me was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery tonight and it’s a very proud moment ngl

The response to my latest film ORIGINAL SIN has blown my mind 😭! Thank you all! If you haven’t seen it, you can watch here ♥️ youtu.be/vWwM1gktorg?...

If you watched and enjoyed ORIGINAL SIN, it would really mean the world if you could leave us a rating and review on LETTERBOXD. Thank you :) letterboxd.com/film/origina...

Original Sin (2025)

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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I love how Black Holes are basically the same as death. We know they are there, that they are inevitable. but no one alive will ever know what’s inside. To know what’s inside, you’ll have to die. And no one alive can ever know death. “Every answer is a form of death” John Fowles

Happy Pride month queers! Here’s a short film I recently made about how much I hate myself ♥️ - enjoy the cinematic manifestation of my shame! youtu.be/vWwM1gktorg?...

A Muslim Mother & Her Drag Queen Son Battle for the Spotlight | Original Sin (Drama Short Film)

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These Letterboxd reviews of ORIGINAL SIN are iconic 🫶🏽🩸🧿 - I’m so happy it’s connecting with audiences like this 🙏🏽

These Letterboxd reviews of ORIGINAL SIN are iconic 🫶🏽🩸🧿 - I’m so happy it’s connecting with audiences like this 🙏🏽

Very honoured and moved that ORIGINAL SIN has been featured on @directorsnotes.bsky.social - I am so deeply proud of this short film, and I loved doing this interview. You can read about the film and watch it on the link here. directorsnotes.com/2026/04/28/a...

Original Sin by Amrou Al-Kadhi // Drama // Directors Notes

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

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Very honoured and moved that ORIGINAL SIN has been featured on @directorsnotes.bsky.social - I am so deeply proud of this short film, and I loved doing this interview. You can read about the film and watch it on the link here. directorsnotes.com/2026/04/28/a...

Original Sin by Amrou Al-Kadhi // Drama // Directors Notes

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

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The @letterboxd.social reviews for ORIGINAL SIN are so powerful! Thank you all ✊🏽🙏🏽🧿 Honestly, this short film is like the proudest artistic achievement of my life and I’m so proud to share this snapshot of my subconscious with the world ♥️ Watch it here: wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/orig...

This short film means so much to me. To be able to go so unapologetically nasty, melodramatic and camp as a queer Arab storyteller in these censorious times has been a gift, and I’d love for you to see the full short. Watch ORIGINAL SIN here: wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/orig...

Hey @kermodemovie.bsky.social - would love you to watch my latest short 🙂. Thanks again for all your support on LAYLA last year! Hope you’re well 💜 wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/orig...

WePresent | Watch Amrou Al-Kadhi’s hyperreal film “Original Sin”

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.

wepresent.wetransfer.com

My proudest bit of filmmaking to date. A queer Arab Medea, a mythological Almodóvarian intergenerational war between a Muslim mother and her drag queen child. Watch now on WePresents. I call this my rage film. wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/orig...

WePresent | Watch Amrou Al-Kadhi’s hyperreal film “Original Sin”

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.

wepresent.wetransfer.com

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...

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.

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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

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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

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

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. www.attitude.co.uk/life/now-is-...

'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

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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!

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