Nadia Yassir is a fictional character from the TV series 24 played by Marisol Nichols. Introduced in Season 6, she works for the Counter Terrorist Unit at Los Angeles, a fictional elite branch of the Central Intelligence Agency. She is the acting Director of CTU after the termination of Bill Buchanan, to whom she had served as Associate Director of CTU. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Look up Female in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Special Agent in Charge refers to a position on the fictional TV show 24. ... CTU stands for Counter Terrorist Unit and is a fictional U.S. government agency under the jurisdiction of the C.I.A. in the television action series 24. ... CTU stands for Counter Terrorist Unit and is a fictional U.S. government agency under the jurisdiction of the C.I.A. in the television action series 24. ... 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ... Marisol Nichols (born November 2, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. ... Season Six, also known as Day 6, of the television series 24 premiered on Sunday, January 14, 2007. ... 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ... Marisol Nichols (born November 2, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. ... Seal of the Counter Terrorist Unit This article is about the fictional organization Counter Terrorist Unit. For the list of Counter-terrorist Units by country, see Counter-terrorism. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an intelligence agency of the United States government. ... The Special Agent in Charge refers to a position on the fictional TV show 24. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Characterization

Vaguely mentioned in the show that she was born in the Middle East, Marisol Nichols said the character was born to Pakistani parents.^[1] Living in the United States since the age of two, Nadia is very Americanized, and is also a practicing Muslim.^[2] Nadia is portrayed as an attractive, strong and skilled woman. She occasionally disagrees with Chloe O'Brian, who has a history of breaking rules to help Jack Bauer. She is a registered Republican. Nichols describe her as a "woman in command who also has integrity."^[1] There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Chloe Ugly as Sin OBrian is a fictional character played by actress Mary Lynn Rajskub on the US television show 24. ... This article or section on a Television-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ...

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Languages from University of Michigan. Before joining the CTU, she was employed by the CIA, first as an "Intelligence Agent for Middle East Territories" then as a "Senior Intelligence Agent". Her first assignment with CTU was as the Director of Intelligence for the Detroit Domestic Unit. She is notable for her fluency in Arabic. Throughout the show, she uses this to negotiate with terrorist Abu Fayed and decode Arabic messages. A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UM, U of M or U-M) is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Abu Fayed is a fictional character from the sixth season of the television series 24. ...

Doyle interrogates Nadia

Nadia Yassir's experience at CTU reflects the rise of Islamophobia since September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. When the Department of Homeland Security decides to racially profile government workers based on ethnicity, she experiences restricted access to the network, severely hindering her work. Her religious background also makes her subject to discrimination from co-worker Mike Doyle. She is the first to be suspected when it is revealed someone is leaking data to terrorists. However, it is later proven by Mike Doyle that she is in fact innocent, as a remote access module is found at the location of the drone pilot and proves that Nadia's workstation was hacked by an outside source. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling · Lynching Hate speech · Hate crime · Hate groups Genocide · The Holocaust · Pogrom Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing · Race war Religious persecution · Gay bashing Pedophobia · Ephebiphobia Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism · Supremacism Kahanism Ku Klux Klan Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism · Civil rights LGBT rights Womens/Universal suffrage · Feminism Mens... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the federal government of the United States that is concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. ... Racial profiling, also known as ethnic profiling, is the inclusion of racial or ethnic characteristics in determining whether a person is considered likely to commit a particular type of crime (see Offender Profiling). ... Mike Doyle is a fictional character played by Ricky Schroder, on the FOX television show 24. ...

Throughout the season, CTU co-worker Milo Pressman is shown helping Nadia out on a few occasions. When she is red-flagged by Homeland Security because of her Middle Eastern roots, her job efficiency is severely slowed. However, Milo, albeit breaching security, lends her his clearance code to allow her to work at her usual production rate. When Nadia is considered a possible traitor when it is discovered that intelligence was being leaked from CTU, Milo defended her and denied any claim she had treacherous motives. After Nadia is proven innocent, she and Milo share a passionate kiss, which he insists they both will not forget. However, Nadia is forced by Mike Doyle to choose between risking Milo being arrested for breaching security or "betraying him for his own good" when Mike finds out that Milo's actions earlier concerning her caused Nadia's system to leak data. It is shown that Mike wanted to eliminate all evidence Milo had caused the security breach, rather than remove him for it. Things turn a little sour when Nadia shows concern after a field operation where Mike Doyle (an enemy of Milo) was injured, and Milo questions why she would do that after he assaulted her while being wrongly interrogated by Mike. After Bill Buchanan is fired for political reasons, Nadia assumes the duties of Director of CTU. It is shown that Nadia may have feelings for Mike, something Milo was uneasy with, but told her it was ok if she and Doyle had anything between them. Milo Pressman was a fictional character, played by Eric Balfour on the show 24. ... For the NBC TV Movie starring Tom Skeritt, see Homeland Security (TV Movie). ... The Special Agent in Charge refers to a position on the fictional TV show 24. ...

The romantic connection between Milo and Nadia reaches a climax when Chinese agent Cheng Zhi's men invade CTU and hold the people inside it hostage, Zhou, the leader of the operation asks who is in command. For a brief moment there is silence, and just as Nadia nervously gets up, Milo, in a final act of love for Nadia, claims to the Chinese he is the Director of CTU. A scared Nadia tries to signal to Milo not to do what he is planning to do, but Milo looks at her one last time as he is asked to come forward. Milo is then fatally shot in the head, with Nadia shocked at witnessing what had just happened. Minutes later, Nadia is seen holding the hand of her dead friend. The following is a list of minor fictional characters from the American television drama 24. ...

Creation

Marisol Nichols got the role after auditioning for the show four times (including for the role of Carrie Turner, another CTU staff member). The character was initially to be named Natalie Barnes, but executive producer Howard Gordon decided to make the character Pakistani American a week before the shooting the sixth season of 24.^[3] Marisol Nichols (born November 2, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. ... Carrie Turner is a fictional character that was featured prominently in the second season of the series 24. ... Howard Gordon is an American screenwriter and producer. ... Pakistani Americans refers to someone born in the United States of Pakistani descent or to someone who has immigrated to the United States from Pakistan. ...

In contrast to the South Asian Muslim character she portrays, the actress is of Hungarian and Romanian descent from her paternal side and part Mexican and Spanish on her mother's, and does not have any ancestry from Pakistan, other South Asian Muslim countries, or the Arab world.^[4] She has stated that her olive toned skin and dark hair allows her to play characters of many nationalities. Nations with a Muslim majority appear in green, while nations that are approximately 50% Muslim appear yellow. ... Map of Arab League states in dark green with non-Arab areas in light green and Somalia and Djibouti in striped green due to their Arab League membership but non-Arab population. ...

Nichols does not speak Arabic, unlike the character she portrays. Arabic is the liturgical language of Islam, but spoken foremost by Arabs, and not necessarily by Muslims worldwide, including Pakistanis such as her character. The national language of Pakistan is Urdu, but Arabic is popular among Pakistanis for its religious significance. In addition to her part, she had to memorize technical terminology and speak Arabic with a correct pronunciation.^[2] Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... Most of the languages of Pakistan are part of the family of Indo-European languages and span the Indo-Iranian range of that family with the Indo-Aryan languages predominant in the east and the Iranian languages the most significant in the west as well as Dardic languages in the... (, historically spelled Ordu), is an Middle Eastern-Aryan language. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Latina.com. Marisol Nichols Will Keep Your Secrets
2. ^ ^{a b} Steinberg, Lisa. Starry Constellation Magazine. MARISOL NICHOLS: COUNTING DOWN
3. ^ The Day Is Just Beginning for Marisol Nichols on '24'
4. ^ marisol-nichols.com. Marisol Nichols Questions

External link

• Nadia Yassir profile at FOX.com