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Perhaps because of the tricky moral ground--and the potential for bolstering stereotypes--those terrorism scripts include sympathetic Muslims as audience surrogates. In Syriana there is a reformist Arab prince; in War Within, Hassan's childhood friend Sayeed (Firdous Bamji), an assimilated suburban dad, doesn't understand why Hassan can't leave his anger and piety back in the Old World. In its sweeping, 24-like thriller plot, Sleeper Cell depicts a wide range of extremists but also Darwyn (Michael Ealy), a devout Muslim FBI agent who infiltrates the cell and sees its members as foes of Islam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Terrorists Get Their Close-Up | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...stark contrast to American action films like “Collateral Damage,” in which the logic of retribution is never called into question, and the act of revenge is celebrated as cathartic and restorative. In New York, Hasan is reunited with his childhood friend Sayeed (Firdous Bamji). Sayeed has found success in America as a physician and enjoys a comfortable middle-class existence. Sayeed and his family put a human face on the American “other” that Hasan has come to terrorize, and the remainder of the film chronicles his struggle to reconcile...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The War Within | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

Tracing McIlroy's hospital visits was obviously a labor of love for Neurologist C.A. Pallis of Hammersmith Hospital and Rheumatologist A.N. Bamji of Middlesex Hospital. In their report to the British Medical Journal, they meticulously listed the 22 surnames and eight first names used in various combinations by Mcllroy in registering at different hospitals. (Mcllroy was identified by the description in clinical records of his scars and other physical characteristics.) The names of all the hospitals and the number of admittances to each were also faithfully recorded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hospital Addict | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

...deadly serious British Medical Journal. The B.MJ. had recently pontificated that "spinach would seem to be particularly valuable for the nutrition of children, provided they can be persuaded to acquire a liking for its somewhat bitter taste." Not so, snapped back a London husband & wife team, Physician Joan E. Bamji and Chemist Nariman S. Bamji:' the stuff has too much oxalic acid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Is Spinach Dangerous? | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

...last meeting the following names were proposed for membership: R. Acton, M. K. Bamji, D. F. Campbell, G. W. Cox, A. C. Fales, W. W. Jakeman, G. B. Kenny, J. F. Langton, J. D. Rogan, S. S. Orr, E. G. Parker, F. W. Percival, P. J. Pettinger, H. S. Rosevear, F. W. Sprague, B. W. Thomson, J. A. Twohey. Fifty-three names are already entered on the lists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Canadian Club. | 11/14/1893 | See Source »

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