Elias Wakeem

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Classy portrait of Elias Wakeem, an Arab genderqueer person, standing in front of a wooden wall which appears to be outdoors. Elias is wearing a black button up shirt with the top button opened and clear glasses. Elias has dark facial hair and a short haircut.

Classy portrait of Elias Wakeem, an Arab genderqueer person, standing in front of a wooden wall which appears to be outdoors. Elias is wearing a black button up shirt with the top button opened and clear glasses. Elias has dark facial hair and a short haircut.

Job title
artist   activist   drag queen  
Identity categories
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genderqueer   Arab   Palestinian  
Alternate names

Madam Tayoush

Images
Landscape iPhone footage of two Palestinian drag queens, Elias Wakeem and Oz Marinov, seated in an airplane looking out of the window, illuminated by the daylight. Their faces are not fully in the image, but their mouths are slightly open in an awed expression. They are both in drag, wearing fur, red lipstick and earrings.
Classy portrait of Elias Wakeem, an Arab genderqueer person, standing in front of a wooden wall which appears to be outdoors. Elias is wearing a black button up shirt with the top button opened and clear glasses. Elias has dark facial hair and a short haircut.
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Biography

Elias Wakeem is a gender queer artist and activist, who mixes languages, changes characters and plays different identities, using grotesque body forms that help him create a scene, which challenges the boundaries existing in his society. They use in particular, installation and performance art events, that present the mixture of their various characters and personas, while examining the reaction of the audience to their personal story.

Elias Wakeem. “BIO.” Accessed December 3, 2024. https://eliasxwakeem.wixsite.com/eliasxo/bio.
Filmography