Amrou Al-Kadhi

Storyteller.

Amrou Al-Kadhi (they/them)

Performer, writer and filmmaker

Amrou Al-Kadhi is a performer, writer and filmmaker. Their memoir on having an intersectional identity, Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen, will be released in early October 2019. As of 2019, Amrou has several TV shows in development (one for BBC Drama and one for Channel 4 Comedy). During 2019, Amrou has also written an episode for Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon’s upcoming series for Apple (US), Little America, and BBC America’s hotly anticipated series, The Watch, based on the Discworld novels of Sir Terry Pratchett. Amrou has written and directed four short films and has features in development with Film4, the BFI and BBC films. Their journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the Independent, Gay Times, Attitude, CNN and Little White Lies, among other publications.

Talks and more.

TEDxLondon 2019