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Rebel With a Cause:

Boycotted Egyptian-American filmmaker Sayed Badreya's award-winning short T for Terrorist might be screened at the Italian Cultural Institute - if he's lucky.

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The Terrors of Type Casting

Sayed Badreya has played the Arab bad guy many times. Can his new docu-comedy, T for Terrorist, change all that?

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Badreya's Road to America

Badreya was born in 1957 to a poor family of 10 from Port Said.

T for Terrorist and Casting Calls

"You're Arab, they're American, these are the guys who stole
your land" now act you mean it!" yelled the director of the film...

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A Warning From Hollywood

PANORAMA Television Program
A warning from Hollywood
Recorded from Transmission: BBC-1

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The Angry Arab

For years Sayed Badreya has made a living as a hijacker, a kidnapper and a cold-blooded killer. Now all he wants is a little understanding...
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Akhar Sa'a

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Article in Arabic.

Central Casting Has Hard
Lesson to Teach

It could be the heavy beard. Or the accent evocative of an afternoon in a souk. Maybe it's his size, large enough to crush the average flight attendant.

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Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
[show transcript]

Guests on this program were:
Sayed Badreya - Egyptian-American actor
Niger Innes - Congress of Racial Equality
Kennedy - Former MTV VJ
Ted Rall - Cartoonist and Author

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Hollywood Now Plays Cowboys and Arabs

Arab-American actor Sayed Badreya has had no problem finding work in Hollywood. With his dark beard and his accented English...

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	Video Footage NPR: Terrorist Actor [show transcript] more