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Sam Seneca, a former Green Beret who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira Jafari when he visits her uncle, Bassam Jafari, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war.
Jan 30, 2015 · Sam (Martin Starr) and Amira (Dina Shihabi) have a rough start upon their first meeting. He’s visiting Amira’s uncle Bassam (Laith Nakli), who served as a translator for Sam’s unit in Iraq and whom Sam saved during an ambush.
Jan 28, 2015 · When Amira first meets Sam, through her uncle Bassam (Laith Nakli) – who served as a translator with Sam’s unit – she launches into an angry monologue about how she wants no American murderer...
- Andrew O'hehir
Jan 29, 2015 · Though they hail from entirely different walks of life, they share a common link in Bassam (Laith Nakli), Amira’s uncle, who happens to have served as the translator in Sam’s unit. Mullin isn’t...
Jan 30, 2015 · Mullin was inspired by friends of his who were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan after September 11. He left the military in the summer of 2002 to go to grad school at Columbia, and he saw a number of...
Jan 30, 2015 · Amira & Sam stars Martin Starr as Sam, an army vet trying to readjust to civilian life. When he goes to visit a former Iraqi translator in New York City, he introduces Sam to his niece, Amira ( Dina Shihabi ).
Jan 30, 2015 · Amira and Sam initially meet when Sam pays a visit to his friend, Bassam (Laith Nakli), who worked as the Iraqi translator when he was in the war and to whom he visits to return a lost emblem. After a brutally awkward meal Sam believes it’s the last he will see of Amira.
