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He has a son, Django, who told him once "Dad, you sweep into my life and then you are gone again, like a magician" and about whom Siddig gushes "he's really cool!" with a special tone I have not heard in his voice at any other time during our conversation.

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011

Toward the end of our talk, I timidly ask Siddig a few questions on his personal life, about which I shamefully know so little.

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011

I meet Siddig in Doha, Qatar, where he is promoting Miral, the latest Julian Schnabel film which has had more than its fair share of criticism.

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011

After that, later, in the future, not for long, those are catch phrases Siddig uses a lot.

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011

And while Siddig did not read Jebreal's book before filming, he discloses what he thought about the script I almost didn't need to read a script for this movie.

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011

A statement that could well apply to Siddig himself.

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011

Is the real life Siddig the romantic ideal he has introduced us to in Cairo Time or, he gently cuts me off while I try to get the question out, "the kid in their mother's bedroom, opening the closet, finding all the fancy clothes and playing games with the other kids" that he describes himself to be?

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011

Ciarán McMenamin, Alexander Siddig and Ruth Kearney have all been given key roles in the new Primeval.

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I meet Siddig in Doha, Qatar, where he is promoting Miral, the latest Julian Schnabel film which has had more than its fair share of criticism.

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011

When Siddig takes off his cuff-links and rolls up his sleeves, in the balmy Doha evening heat, the same splash of red is also on the inside of his shirt's cuffs.

E. Nina Rothe: Alexander Siddig -- Discovering the Uncommon Hero E. Nina Rothe 2011