Age: 65
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Hiam Abbass (Arabic: هيام عباس; Hebrew: היאם עבאס; born 30 November 1960), also spelled Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director with Israeli and French citizenship. She is known for her roles in films such as The Syrian Bride (2004), Paradise Now (2005), Free Zone (2005), Munich (2005), The Visitor (2007), Lemon Tree (2008), Insyriated (2017), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). She gained prominence for her role as Marcia Roy in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023). She has also acted in the Channel 4 series The Promise (2011), the Lifetime miniseries The Red Tent (2014), the Hulu comedy series Ramy (2019–present), and the Hulu drama series The Old Man (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article -, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The beginning of the story takes place about 20 years before the First Crusade, in the Middle East. The main character Malik is 15 years old at this point, coming from a Christian family. She is, as a result of the persecution of Christians, murdered by Muslim warriors, Malik manages to escape, however, thanks to the sacrifice of his older brother who drew the attention of the murderers away from him. Malik manages to escape and after many days, weeks of wandering he reaches Europe where he encounters Christian knights who are distrustful of him when he shows them the cross, and when they see his condition they take pity and take him with them. 20 years later, after being raised by the Crusaders and trained, he sets off with them on the Crusade to avenge his family and confront the man who was the leader of his family's murderers.
