AlMarri, who is a filmmaker himself and has worked with the Abu Dhabi Film Festival as a content producer, says UAE filmmakers should also be looking towards creating movies on an international level rather than solely targeting a local audience.
Mr. Obama has also ordered that all military commission trials be stayed and that the case of Ali Saleh al-Marri, the only al Qaeda operative now held on U.S. soil, be reviewed.
Al-Marri had been accused of being an al Qaeda "sleeper agent, " but until the indictment had never been charged with a criminal or terrorism-related offense.