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1. Murder in Mayfair: Finding Farouk

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How I Met Farooq

In 2012 I went to the premiere of a Yemeni film, Karama Has No Walls. It was on the lookout for sources who might be able to connect me with Farooq. The same president who threatened me sent his forces to crush the peaceful protesters. And indeed, at a party afterwards, I met a man called Walid. He went to the same university as Farooq and his family knows Farooq's family. So when he asked me out, it was a hard yes.

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