ACTING CHARACTER
Dhafer L’Abidine is squinting off into the middle distance. As anyone who has lived in the Middle East can attest, this is not unusual in the midday sun. But in Dhafer’s case, he’s thinking back on a his acting career— a path that’s never without its inherent plot twists, characters and, of late it would seem, a happy ending.
Before his sky-rocketing breakthrough in the Arab world, Dhafer enjoyed a successful career in the West, appearing in international film