EXCLUSIVE: Former Real Time with Bill Maher writer Anayat Fakhraie is developing a limited series about the death of Muslim Marine Raheel Siddiqui.Fakhraie, who also wrote on Starz’ Watergate drama series Gaslit, has teamed up with Yellowstone producer 101 Studios on the series.
He will serve as showrunner of the project, which is based on Janet Reitman’s New York Times Magazine feature How The Death Of A Muslim Recruit Revealed A Culture Of Brutality In The Marines.The series will explore the story of the death of US Marine Corps recruit Siddiqui and American Muslim Fakhraie will chronicle the moments leading up to Siddiqui’s abrupt death and the corrupt, abusive culture it uncoveredIn 2016, after days of continuous hazing and harassment,
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