Coming Out, Dating, Marriage: Your Questions for Mona El Omari | KARAKAYA TALK
What's it like coming out? Do you believe Allah loves you even though you're queer? Do you want to get married someday? These are all questions you're interested in regarding the topic of "Queer & Muslim." Thanks for all the submissions via Instagram, Bubus! You want answers? You've got them!
Because this week we're reuniting with Mona El Omari, who shared her amazing thoughts with us last week. We're asking your questions—and Mona is delivering some amazing answers for you! Ready?
Over a glass of Çay, Mona Esra tells us what it means to her to be #queer and part of a Muslim community. If you want to know how her parents deal with Mona's queerness, what her experiences with dating are, and whether same-sex love can actually be haram, please be sure to watch this episode. We hope our video makes you think and maybe even gives you strength or hope.
] Oh, and if you forgot to tune in last week, here's a link to our latest episode, "Queer Muslims – We Exist!": • Queere Muslim*innen – wir existieren! I KA...
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This episode was very close to our hearts, and especially to the community's. We want to thank all the interviewees and support centers for queer BIPoC who shared their sometimes intimate stories with us and supported us with their expertise. For support, people can contact the following organizations:
► GLADT e.V.:
https://gladt.de/beratung/
► LSVD's "Miles" project:
https://berlin.lsvd.de/projekte/miles/
► LesMigraS:
https://lesmigras.de/beratung.html
► Broken Rainbow e.V.:
https://broken-rainbow.de/gewaltfreil...
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Props to our amazing team:
Editorial Team: Cem Bozdoğan, Christin Raubuch
Social Media Team: Helena Grüneberg, İlayda Kaplan
Production Manager: Sarah Wilhelms
Director of Photography: Nilgün Akıncı
Director of Photography & Camera 1: Michel Gumnior
Camera: Atilla Akgül, Tuleka Prah, Yoel Díaz Vázquez
Technical Director: Nico Wegewitz
Sound Engineer: Jan Trottnow
Lighting: Elliot Bursch
Makeup: Grete Pfleger
Graphics: Alma Lauer
Editing: Stephanie Gotzel, Patryk Puchalski
WDR: Elke Thommessen, Ramona Schipler, Sebastian Göllner, Daniela Woytewicz
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Editorial Management: Esra Karakaya, Alena Dörfler
Head of Production: Rea Mahrous
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