| Fatima Ali | |
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| Status: | Alive |
| Nationality: |  Lebanese
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| Residence(s): | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Marital status: | widow |
| Spouse(s): | Abbas Ali (husband; deceased) |
| Played by: | Clara Khoury |
| Season(s): | 2 |
| First episode: | "The Smile" |
| Last episode: | "Beirut is Back" |
Fatima Ali is the wife of Hezbollah district commander Abbas Ali, and a former asset of Carrie Mathison.
Novels[]
Fatima Ali is a fictional character, who appears in the novel written by Andrew Kaplan: Carrie's Run.
Biography[]
She is first seen when she approaches the CIA with information on an imminent attack on the US but refuses to speak to anyone but Carrie, who is her former handler. Estes tells Carrie to go to Lebanon to meet with Fatima to find out what she knows. (The Smile)
Carrie meets with Fatima, who tells her that she is prepared to defect to the US and reveals the time and place that her husband Abbas Ali, who is a Hezbollah district commander, is meeting with Abu Nazir.
Saul and Carrie later pick her up in order to get her safely but Carrie, disobeying Saul's orders, insists on ransacking Fatima's apartment in order to find out what her husband has. She gathers what she needs and stuffs them into her satchel before leaving. (Beirut is Back)
Quotes[]
- David Estes: I want you to know, Carrie, this is much appreciated.
- Carrie: Just get it over with, okay?
- David Estes: There's a photo inside I'd like you to take a look at. Do you recognize her?
- Carrie: Yeah. I recognize her. Why?
- David Estes: Who is she?
- Carrie: Fatima Ali, first wife of Abbas Ali. The Hezbollah district commander.
- David Estes: How do you know her?
- Carrie: I recruited her, that's how.
- David Estes: Yet there's no record of her ever being an agent of yours.
- Carrie: Well, I ran her off book.
- David Estes: Why?
- Carrie: Because I was interested in keeping her alive. Our networks there were blown, if you remember. It was right around the time we lost Garrett Hedges.
- David Estes: How did you make your approach to her?
- Carrie: Carefully, over a matter of months. I first spotted her at the Acadamie des Beaux-Arts. She had a weakness for American movies. She loved Julia Roberts.
- David Estes: And did she turn out to be a valuable asset?
- Carrie: I was transferred to Baghdad before I had a chance to find out.
- David Estes: So your last contact with her was when?
- Carrie: March, 2005. It was right before I left Beirut. I was trying to farm her out to another case officer.
- David Estes: And?
- Carrie: She wouldn't go for it. She said I was the only one she could trust.
- David Estes: So she's been a dead agent ever since?
- Carrie: As far as I know, yeah.
- David Estes: Well, apparently, she came back to life yesterday, and with information about an attack on America.
- Carrie: Tell me.
- David Estes: Unfortunately, that's all I know.
- Carrie: Well, what do you mean?
- David Estes: Well, she's refusing to speak to anybody but you. Look, Carrie, I, uh, hear you're doing well, making good progress
- Carrie: David, I've had a long day. If you're gonna ask me to go to Beirut, just ask me already.
- David Estes: You'll be back in three days. We just need you to go meet with your asset, find out what she knows.
- Carrie: After all the shit you dragged me through? The unceremonious humiliating way you ran me out of the agency?
- David Estes: I didn't come here to open old wounds, and just so we're clear, this isn't you getting your job back. This is you being a good citizen.
- Carrie: Just so we're clear, I haven't said yes yet.
Behind the Scenes[]
Appearances[]
| Season 2 | ||||
| The Smile | Beirut is Back | "State of Independence" | "New Car Smell" | "Q&A" |
| "A Gettysburg Address" | "The Clearing" | "I'll Fly Away" | "Two Hats" | "Broken Hearts" |
| "In Memoriam" | "The Choice" | |||