A Sinner in Mecca

For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. For filmmaker Parvez Sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked on his Hajj pilgrimage, a journey considered the greatest accomplishment and aspiration within Islam, his religion. On his journey Parvez aims to look beyond 21st-century Islam’s crises of religious extremism, commercialism and sectarian battles. He brings back the story of the religion like it has never been told before, having endured the biggest jihad there is: the struggle with the self.

Cast

Hamad Almutaani

Hamad Almutaani

as Self

Maram Alzghoul

Maram Alzghoul

as Self

Shady Eldanf

Shady Eldanf

as Self

Mohamed Gaber

Mohamed Gaber

as Self

Ismail Sarsor

Ismail Sarsor

as Self

Ahmed Yagoub

Ahmed Yagoub

as Self

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