The Other LatifRadiolab’s Latif Nasser always believed his name was unique, singular,
completely his own. Until one day when he makes a bizarre and shocking
discovery. He shares his name with another man: Abdul Latif Nasser, detainee
244 at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. government paints a terrifying picture of The
Other Latif as Al-Qaeda’s top explosives expert, and one of the most important
advisors to Osama bin Laden. Nasser’s lawyer claims that he was at the wrong
place at the wrong time, and that he was never even in Al-Qaeda. This clash
leads
Radiolab ’s Latif into a years-long investigation, picking apart
evidence, attempting to separate fact from fiction, and trying to uncover what
this man actually did or didn’t do. Along the way,
Radiolab ’s Latif
reflects on American values and his own religious past, and wonders how his
namesake, a fellow nerdy, suburban Muslim kid, may have gone down such a
strikingly different path.
Episode 2: MoroccoLatif travels to Abdul Latif’s hometown of Casablanca, Morocco, to try and
find out: was he radicalized? And if so, how? Latif begins by visiting the
man’s family, but the family’s reaction to him gets complicated as Latif digs
for the truth. He finds out surprising information on a political group Abdul
Latif joined in his youth, his alleged onramp to extremism. Tensions escalate
when Latif realizes he’s being tailed.
Read more about Abdul Latif Nasser at the
New York Times’https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/guantanamo/detainees/244
-abdul-latif-nasir" target="new"> Guantanamo
Docket.
This episode was produced by Sarah Qari, Suzie Lechtenberg, and Latif Nasser.
With help from Tarik El Barakah and Amira Karaoud. Fact checking by Diane
Kelly and Margot Williams. Editing by Jad Abumrad and Soren Wheeler. Original
music by Jad Abumrad, Alex Overington, and Amino Belyamani.
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The Other LatifRadiolab’s Latif Nasser always believed his name was unique, singular,
completely his own. Until one day when he makes a bizarre and shocking
discovery. He shares his name with another man: Abdul Latif Nasser, detainee
244 at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. government paints a terrifying picture of The
Other Latif as Al-Qaeda’s top explosives expert, and one of the most important
advisors to Osama bin Laden. Nasser’s lawyer claims that he was at the wrong
place at the wrong time, and that he was never even in Al-Qaeda. This clash
leads
Radiolab ’s Latif into a years-long investigation, picking apart
evidence, attempting to separate fact from fiction, and trying to uncover what
this man actually did or didn’t do. Along the way,
Radiolab ’s Latif
reflects on American values and his own religious past, and wonders how his
namesake, a fellow nerdy, suburban Muslim kid, may have gone down such a
strikingly different path.
Episode 2: MoroccoLatif travels to Abdul Latif’s hometown of Casablanca, Morocco, to try and
find out: was he radicalized? And if so, how? Latif begins by visiting the
man’s family, but the family’s reaction to him gets complicated as Latif digs
for the truth. He finds out surprising information on a political group Abdul
Latif joined in his youth, his alleged onramp to extremism. Tensions escalate
when Latif realizes he’s being tailed.
Read more about Abdul Latif Nasser at the
New York Times’https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/guantanamo/detainees/244
-abdul-latif-nasir" target="new"> Guantanamo
Docket.
This episode was produced by Sarah Qari, Suzie Lechtenberg, and Latif Nasser.
With help from Tarik El Barakah and Amira Karaoud. Fact checking by Diane
Kelly and Margot Williams. Editing by Jad Abumrad and Soren Wheeler. Original
music by Jad Abumrad, Alex Overington, and Amino Belyamani.
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