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'''Amrou Al-Kadhi''' is a writer, filmmaker, actor, and performer. At age 20 they created their [[drag]] persona, Glamrou, and began doing drag shows at their university.<ref name="Al-Kadhi-terms">{{Cite web |title=How drag helped me come to terms with my gender |last=Al-Kadhi |first=Amrou |work=British GQ |date=11 October 2019 |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/unicorn-amrou-al-kadhi}}</ref><ref name="Amrou-healed">{{Cite web |title=Amrou Al-Kadhi: ‘Being a drag queen healed me’ |last=Al-Kadhi |first=Amrou |work=the Guardian |date=20 October 2019 |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/20/amrou-al-kadhi-being-a-drag-queen-healed-me }}</ref> They are now a veteran drag artist and founded the drag troupe "Denim". | '''Amrou Al-Kadhi''' is a writer, filmmaker, actor, and performer. At age 20 they created their [[drag]] persona, Glamrou, and began doing drag shows at their university.<ref name="Al-Kadhi-terms">{{Cite web |title=How drag helped me come to terms with my gender |last=Al-Kadhi |first=Amrou |work=British GQ |date=11 October 2019 |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/unicorn-amrou-al-kadhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118180349/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/unicorn-amrou-al-kadhi |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Amrou-healed">{{Cite web |title=Amrou Al-Kadhi: ‘Being a drag queen healed me’ |last=Al-Kadhi |first=Amrou |work=the Guardian |date=20 October 2019 |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/20/amrou-al-kadhi-being-a-drag-queen-healed-me |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527221222/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/20/amrou-al-kadhi-being-a-drag-queen-healed-me |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are now a veteran drag artist and founded the drag troupe "Denim". | ||
Professional acting credits include ''Venom 2 (Marvel),'' ''Carnival Row (Amazon Studios), Christopher Robin (Disney), The Souvenir 2 (Joanna Hogg), Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (BBC Films).'' They are also a co-presenter of NB, a BBC [[Podcasts|podcast]] about non-binary identity.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Amrou Al-Kadhi|user=Glamrou|number=1095664359458648065|date=Feb 13, 2019|title=I'm the co-presenter of NB, a @BBCSounds podcast about non-binary identity and all its glory, created by the brilliant @caitlinbenny and produced by the wondrous @ArlieAdlington. Here's the teaser episode - there'll be 8 full episodes starting next week!}}</ref> | Professional acting credits include ''Venom 2 (Marvel),'' ''Carnival Row (Amazon Studios), Christopher Robin (Disney), The Souvenir 2 (Joanna Hogg), Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (BBC Films).'' They are also a co-presenter of NB, a BBC [[Podcasts|podcast]] about non-binary identity.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Amrou Al-Kadhi|user=Glamrou|number=1095664359458648065|date=Feb 13, 2019|title=I'm the co-presenter of NB, a @BBCSounds podcast about non-binary identity and all its glory, created by the brilliant @caitlinbenny and produced by the wondrous @ArlieAdlington. Here's the teaser episode - there'll be 8 full episodes starting next week!}}</ref> | ||
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==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"I always think – look around…the world is insanely complicated? I mean Jesus…Octopuses can change colour, shape and size at will…our brains make billions of neural decisions every second…but you can't for a second understand that some people's genders don't sit in the binary framework of sex?"<ref name="shado">{{Cite web |title="Glamrou is a celebration of my gender-queerness, and she's a celebration of all the female facets of my Arab and Muslim heritage." |author= |work=Shado Magazine |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://shado-mag.com/all/glamrou-is-a-celebration-of-my-gender-queerness-and-shes-a-celebration-of-all-the-female-facets-of-my-arab-and-muslim-heritage/}}</ref> | "I always think – look around…the world is insanely complicated? I mean Jesus…Octopuses can change colour, shape and size at will…our brains make billions of neural decisions every second…but you can't for a second understand that some people's genders don't sit in the binary framework of sex?"<ref name="shado">{{Cite web |title="Glamrou is a celebration of my gender-queerness, and she's a celebration of all the female facets of my Arab and Muslim heritage." |author= |work=Shado Magazine |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://shado-mag.com/all/glamrou-is-a-celebration-of-my-gender-queerness-and-shes-a-celebration-of-all-the-female-facets-of-my-arab-and-muslim-heritage/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203185107/https://shado-mag.com/all/glamrou-is-a-celebration-of-my-gender-queerness-and-shes-a-celebration-of-all-the-female-facets-of-my-arab-and-muslim-heritage/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||