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West Asia, explained.
Trailer: The Reluctant FundamentalistTrailer: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Sam Roggeveen
Sam Roggeveen is Program Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace (Opens in new window), published by La Trobe University Press in 2023.
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The performances and visuals look promising, but my, don't they lay on the political symbolism with a trowel. The quote near the end ('Yes, I'm a Pakistani, yes I'm a Muslim, but that's not all I am') is particularly unsubtle (and does any real human being actually say 'You're gonna get us both killed', or is it a pure cinematic cliché like 'secure the perimeter' and 'I'm getting too old for this sh*t'?).
The Reluctant Fundamentalist opens in Australia in June.
Sam Roggeveen
