"A Jihad For Love": New Film Explores Challenges Facing Gay Muslims Worldwide

by via Democracy Now

Tue, May 20, 2008 7:13AM

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 :Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma spent five and a half years documenting the lives of gay and lesbian Muslims in twelve countries. His subjects include a gay imam in South Africa, an Egyptian who fled to France after his imprisonment and torture, and a lesbian couple in Turkey.

Parvez Sharma is the director of the film. He is a New York based journalist who has worked for several international media outlets including India’s Star News Channel, BBC World Television, and Democracy Now! where he worked as a producer. “A Jihad for Love” opens in New York at the IFC Center tomorrow, May 21st. Parvez Sharma joins me now in the firehouse studio.

Parvez Sharma, director of the film "A Jihad For Love. He is a New York based journalist who has worked for several international media outlets including India’s Star News Channel, BBC World Television, and Democracy Now! where he worked as a producer.