Fatima Ali | |
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Status: | Alive |
Nationality: | Lebanese |
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)
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" |