Khalid Abdalla (Arabic: خالد عبد الله‎, KhÄ lid 'Abd
AllÄ h; born 26 October 1980) is a British-Egyptian actor and
activist. He came to international prominence after starring in the
2006 Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning film United 93. Written
and directed by Paul Greengrass, it chronicles events aboard United
Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked as part of the 11 September
attacks. Abdalla played Ziad Jarrah, the pilot and leader of the four
hijackers on board the flight. He starred as Amir in The Kite Runner
and acted with Matt Damon in Green Zone, his second film with director
Paul Greengrass. Abdalla appears as himself in Jehane Noujaim's
documentary on the ongoing Egyptian revolution, The Square, which won
the Audience Award at Sundance Festival in 2013.Abdalla is on the
board of the National Student Drama Festival. In 2011, Abdalla became
one of the founding members of the Mosireen Collective in Cairo: a
group of revolutionary filmmakers and activists dedicated to
supporting citizen media across Egypt in the wake of Mubarak's fall.
Three months after it began, Mosireen became the most watched
non-profit YouTube channel in Egypt of all time, and in the whole
world in January 2012.Abdalla was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to
Egyptian parents, and was brought up in London. Abdalla's father and
grandfather were well-known anti-regime activists in Egypt. His
parents were both physicians who immigrated to the UK before he was
born.
AllÄ h; born 26 October 1980) is a British-Egyptian actor and
activist. He came to international prominence after starring in the
2006 Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning film United 93. Written
and directed by Paul Greengrass, it chronicles events aboard United
Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked as part of the 11 September
attacks. Abdalla played Ziad Jarrah, the pilot and leader of the four
hijackers on board the flight. He starred as Amir in The Kite Runner
and acted with Matt Damon in Green Zone, his second film with director
Paul Greengrass. Abdalla appears as himself in Jehane Noujaim's
documentary on the ongoing Egyptian revolution, The Square, which won
the Audience Award at Sundance Festival in 2013.Abdalla is on the
board of the National Student Drama Festival. In 2011, Abdalla became
one of the founding members of the Mosireen Collective in Cairo: a
group of revolutionary filmmakers and activists dedicated to
supporting citizen media across Egypt in the wake of Mubarak's fall.
Three months after it began, Mosireen became the most watched
non-profit YouTube channel in Egypt of all time, and in the whole
world in January 2012.Abdalla was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to
Egyptian parents, and was brought up in London. Abdalla's father and
grandfather were well-known anti-regime activists in Egypt. His
parents were both physicians who immigrated to the UK before he was
born.
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