Sayid is obsessed with locating childhood friend, Nadia. As a communications officer in Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard he was, nevertheless, assigned to interrogate Nadia who was suspected of some crime. After being ordered to kill her, he instead arranges for her escape.
Several years later Sayid arrives in Sydney presumably in search of Nadia. He is taken into custody by the CIA and ASIS. They are looking to locate a terrorist cell. Sayid denies any terrorist involvement. He soon learns that the authorities want his help in exchange for helping him find Nadia. It turns out that one of the members of the cell is Sayid's old roommate at Cairo University, Essam Tazir.
Later in the episode the scene switched to a mosque at time of prayer. Sayid sees his old friend Essam across the room and approaches him after prayer is finished.
The mosque scene was filmed in the Laniakea YWCA at 1040 Richards Street in Downtown Honolulu. Built in 1927, this building's Spanish, Colonial and Mediterranean flare well suit the architecture of a mosque. The building's architect, Julia Morgan, also designed Hearst Castle in California.
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