Saleem Haddad
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Guapa takes place over a single day, following Rasa, a young queer Muslim man as he navigates the aftermath of two crises — the sputtering disappointment of the Arab Spring and accompanying authoritarian backlash, and the fact that his domineering grandmother Teta, the only family he has, has just caught him with his lover. Stuck between the social propriety of his grandmother and deeply closeted lover on one side and the passionate... (read more)
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