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This article is about the woman in Sayid's flashbacks. For Mikhail's cat named Nadia, see cats.

Noor "Nadia" Abed Jazeem is Sayid's former childhood friend and long lost love.

Though coming from a background of wealth and charm, she chose to join an insurgent group against Saddam Hussein's regime, which lead her to become a subject of repeated capturing and interrogations by the Iraqi Republican Guard.

Nadia imprisoned

Imprisoned Nadia

With Sayid's promotion to the Intelligence Division, he was reunited with Nadia while imprisoned, and was tasked with her interrogation ("Solitary"). However, the little time they had together only gave them a chance to reconnect, and drove Sayid to attempt helping her and dropping her charges. When the orders of his superior officer, Omar, changed to her execution, Sayid found no resolution but to help her escape. During the attempt, Sayid had to shoot Omar, who caught up with him and Nadia, and as a cover story shot himself as well in the leg so Nadia could escape with his gun. Before escaping, Nadia frightfully begged Sayid to come with her, and at his refusal she left him her photo with the Arabic inscription; "You will see me in the next life, if not in this one".

Nadia's escape was successful, and later in Los Angeles she met and hired Locke, to inspect a house she was buying.

Nadia and Locke

Nadia talking to Locke after his inspection

Through the few words they exchange, she revealed that she was not married. Her current whereabouts were later used as a lure by the CIA to get Sayid to work for them. Eventually, they informed Sayid that Nadia is working in "Irvine, California" as "a lab tech in a medical testing company."

Later on the Island, Sayid tells Rousseau that Nadia is dead because of him, although he never mentions the source of this information.



Trivia

  • Irvine, where Sayid was informed that Nadia was located, is a city located in Orange County, California, just south of Los Angeles. Coincidentally, Irvine is located right next to the city of Tustin, where Locke works at a box company.
  • During Sayid's search for Nadia, he passed by England for sometime which may have been one of her transient locations.
  • Nadia left Iraq sometime before 1997, since Sayid had been searching for her for 7 years.
  • Nadia met John Locke about 4 years ago, or more, before the crash of Oceanic 815, since Locke has been paralyzed then.
  • Noor (Arabic: نور), means 'Light' in Arabic.
  • Nadia (Arabic: نديّة), means 'Tender' and 'Delicate' in Arabic.


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