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The Strange Case Trailer

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The Strange Case of Salman abd al Haqq is a fictional short film produced by Stanford students, based on the testimony of victims of Extraordinary Rendition, a government policy that has been dubbed 'the outsourcing of torture'. It tells the story of its fictional protagonist Salman, who finds himself jailed and interrogated by the brutal Egyptian secret service in Cairo because of his alleged involvement with three suspected terrorists. In a nuanced and intriguing way, the film touches on issues such as the morality of torture, the effectiveness of the War on Terror, the role of Arabs in American society and the struggle between traditionalism and progressiveness in the Muslim world. This is a must-see event for movie fans, supporters of human rights and foreign policy politicos. Finally, this is a film that deals with truths that are of immence importance to 21st Century America and we have a duty and responsibility to be exposed to them, however inconvenient or horrifying they may be.