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What science taught me about being a Muslim drag quee‪n‬ | Amrou Al-Kadhi

What science taught me about being a Muslim drag quee‪n‬ | Amrou Al-Kadhi

For a long time, Amrou Al-Kadhi struggled to negotiate the intersections between their queer and Islamic heritage. These identities felt completely polarized, as if their identity were founded on a tectonic fault at constant risk of rupture.

TED Talks Daily · TED

March 26, 20215m 12s

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For a long time, Amrou Al-Kadhi struggled to negotiate the intersections between their queer and Islamic heritage. These identities felt completely polarized, as if their identity were founded on a tectonic fault at constant risk of rupture. Yet, it was the unlikely world of quantum physics that allowed Al-Kadhi to find the magic of contradictions -- and to revel in their intersectional identity.

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