The Dissident tells the true story of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
The Oscar-winning director of Icarus has switched his gaze to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and seeks to show the man for who he really was, not as Saudi Arabia would like to paint him, writes Stephen Applebaum
Friday 05 March 2021 10:16
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Khashoggi and MBS in a still from the film (Briarcliff Entertainment)
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hen you become a dissident, “it s never a normal life for you any more”, says Omar Abdulaziz. Speaking over Zoom from Montreal, Canada, where he has been in exile since claiming political asylum in 2014, the plucky and voluble 29-year-old Saudi activist says he wakes up each morning not knowing what to expect. “Every day, you re learning that one of your friends is missing because he’s been jailed. Maybe it’s one of your relatives who is jailed. Or there is an assassination team coming after you. This is my daily life.”
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