Unicorn : the memoir of a Muslim drag queen
Al-Kadhi, Amrou2019
Book
From a god-fearing Muslim boy enraptured with their mother, to a vocal, queer drag queen estranged from their family, this is a heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author's fight to be true to themselves. My name is Amrou Al-Kadhi - by day. By night, I am Glamrou, an empowered, fearless and acerbic drag queen who wears seven-inch heels and says the things that nobody else dares to. Growing up in a strict Iraqi Muslim household, it didn't take long for me to realise I was different. When I was ten years old, I announced to my family that I was in love with Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. The resultant fallout might best be described as something like the Iraqi version of Jerry Springer: The Opera. And that was just the beginning.
Main title:
Unicorn : the memoir of a Muslim drag queen / Amrou Al-Kadhi.
Author:
Al-Kadhi, Amrou, author
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2019.©[2019]
Collation:
295 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780008306076 (paperback)
Dewey class:
792.028
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
361731