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Maryam JameelahMaryam Jameelah essayist and journalist, born Margaret Marcus, was a Orthodox Jewish woman who converted to Islam in the early 1960s. External links . MaryamMaryam is a movie ( 2000) about a young woman who is an Iranian immigrant living in the United States at the time of the Iran hostage crisis. The film was written and directed by Ramin Serry. Mariam Parris plays the young woman. The film also features Sha Maryam MursalMaryam Mursal (born January 1, 1950) is a famous musician from Somalia. She is a composer and vocalist. Mursal grew up in a Muslim family with four daughters. As a teenager, she broke tradition and began singing professionally in Mogadishu. She performed Maryam d'AboMaryam d'Abo (born December 27, 1960) to a Georgian mother and Dutch father is an actress. Her first notable performance was as Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film, The Living Daylights followed by a well-received role as an alien visitor in the scien