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Treat Me Like Your Mother (2025)
Directed by Mohamad Abdouni
“Trans* histories from Beirut's forgotten past”
Documentary · 1h 15m
Four trans women from Lebanon—Em Abed, Jamal Abdo, Antonella, and Mama Jad—recount lives shaped by resilience, love, and loss. Their stories span from the groundbreaking state-funded gender-affirming surgery of 1997 to the disappearance of Beirut’s once-safe queer spaces. Through personal photographs, archival footage, and recollections of places like the Raouche strip, their voices resurrect a forgotten history of community and survival amid war and oppression. Interwoven with the filmmaker’s own journey of self-discovery, this intimate documentary traces four decades of trans life in Beirut, celebrating friendship, identity, and the enduring spirit of chosen family.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Mohamad Abdouni
- Writer
- Mohamad Abdouni
- Original Music Composer
- Charbel Haber, Fadi Tabbal, Postcards
- Editor
- Riwa Phillips
- Producer
- Riham Ezzaldeen
Details
- Original title
- ﻟَﻣْن اَﺗْﯾَنَ ﻗْﺑَﻠﻧ
- Release date
- 2025-11-15
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Lebanon
- Production
- Cold Cuts