Book of Suffocations

Book of Suffocations

Have you felt it too, the shame of loving? The guilt that clings when your hands reach for another? Where is it born?

2025 · 19 min · Romance

Torn between faith and desire, a young Arab man at a religious facility must confront his queer identity as he navigates the path to salvation and the allure of forbidden love.

Directed by Yoan Zoghbi · Written by Yoan Zoghbi

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