A brave and proud soul, he will never deny his alternative sexuality even in a hostile environment and putting his life at further risk. He is also not afraid to keep performing his drag queen act at Guapa, the queer nightclub that is home to all outcasts. Rather, he continues with his work via an international NGO to expose local government human rights’ violations. Once released, though, he doesn’t make a fuss of what has happened to him. He is subjected to intrusive questioning and cruel abuse by the insertion of an egg-like contraption into his rectum to test and gage his homosexuality. Living in a politically volatile city in the Middle East, a young Arab drag queen - who is by day a tireless human rights activist - is arrested by the police in the early hours of the morning for being at a cinema which is a cruising spot for working class men. For Shubbak, Nahla Al-Ageli reviews Saleem Haddad’s ‘Guapa’ and interviews the author before he participates in the Literature Programme
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