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Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam
Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam - 2008 0

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Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.
Status: Released
Release: 2008-01-16
Runtime: 52 minutes
Ratings: 0
Vote Counts: 0
Budget: 0 $
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