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A sinner in mecca will go on cinema release in new york on friday but the story started almost four years ago. Daily xtra caught up with gay director parvez sharma at the world premiere of his new film, a sinner in mecca, at hot docs on april 29. A sinner in mecca unflinchingly showcases parts of the dangerous ideology that governs todays isis and how much it has in common with saudi arabias sacred, yet treacherous dogma, wahhabi islam. Here, we enter the city of mecca that has been forbidden to nonmuslims for 14 centuries. Sharma, who is also gay and muslim, takes viewers on his 2011 hajj, or pilgrimage, to islams most sacred. In a sinner in mecca, author and filmmaker parvez chronicles his pilgrimage to saudi arabia as an openly gay muslim, where being true to himself is punishable by death. The trailer for parvez sharmas new film, a sinner in mecca, with its pulsating music, tortured bodies, and scary news clips, depicts a sensationalism worthy of the most crass of islamophobic films. Given the perception that the middle east is largely hostile to the lgbtq community, parvez sharmas spiritual memoir a sinner in mecca is shocking in.
Sharmas bravery is not that he is a gay man in mecca. The kaaba also lies at the heart of a sinner in mecca. Whatever you want to call it, gay director parvez sharmas resolve to go back to saudi arabia in search of his muslim roots, at dangerous odds with his homosexuality, recorded in his documentary a sinner in mecca, was a boldperhaps dementeddecision. From the multiple awardwinning filmmaker of the critically acclaimed a. A sinner in mecca is personal documaking at its most strident, puffed up with righteousness as sharma justifiably argues that saudi arabias wahabi fundamentalism runs counter to the. A sinner in mecca is a 2015 documentary film from director parvez sharma a jihad for love. Click download or read online button to a sinner in mecca book pdf for free now. The filmmaker documents his journey on nothing more than an iphone and two smuggled, tiny cameras.
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Using a sinner in mecca, project 786 is a worldwide outreach, dialogue and measurable change project aimed at significantly impacting and changing contemporary discourse about islam, today the worlds fastest growing and most contested religion. A sinner in mecca book www abbottdiabetescare com log books, this book takes us from beirut to cairo to mecca to karachi, kuala lumpur and morefrom stephen bannon to isis, from obama to osama. Defying saudi arabias ban on both filmmaking and homosexuality, a gay, indianborn muslim man living in new york city surreptitiously documents his pilgrimage to islams holiest site. With nothing more than his iphone, he joins 4 million fellow muslims on the. In a sinner in mecca sharma undertakes the hajj to islams most sacred almasjid alharam mosque and secretly films the pilgrimage, fully aware. Director of 2008s a jihad for love, which documents the lives of lgbt muslims, sharma turns the camera on. For a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. A sinner in mecca documents gay muslim pilgrimage director of film giving inside glance into hajj, filmed on iphone, calls for reform in islam, saying its imploding upon itself. For a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious. The hajj pilgrimage is a journey every muslim is commanded by god to go on at least once in a lifetime if they are able and, like millions, parvez sharma believes his spiritual salvation lies at. To bring us all closer to the heart of his faith, a.
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Openly gay and a devout muslim, parvez sharma embarks on a perilous pilgrimage to mecca hoping to find an answer to this most personal question. A sinner in mecca by parvez sharma audiobook listen online. Haram films, 2015 an afghan hajji pilgrim raises his index finger to denote a central precept of islam, while holding a quran in the other hand, during a scene from parvez sharmas film a sinner in mecca. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a sinner in mecca.
The author recorded an audiobook version of this book for tantor. But unlike the journeys of his fellow muslims, the consequences of his own could be deadly. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. A gay muslim films his hajj pilgrimage to mecca huffpost. A gay, muslim filmmaker risks his life when he travels to the holy city of mecca for a hajj pilgrimage, carrying a hidden smartphone and tiny cameras. Guggenheim fellow, filmmaker parvez sharma, who made a jihad for love takes you inside a hidden saudi arabia in his brave film shot on an iphone in mecca. Parvez sharma is an awardwinning filmmaker and writer. A gay muslims hajj of defiance kindle edition by sharma, parvez.
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