Laila al-Majani
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| Gender | Female |
| Age | 19 (as of 5 May 2007) |
| Rank/Position | Divisional Commander, National Liberation Army |
| Height | 170 cm (5'7") |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lbs.) |
| Blood type | AB+ |
| Frame | Tall, athletic, 91C-71-86 (36C-28-34) |
| Hair/Eyes | Brown / Brown |
| I.Q. | 121 |
| Economic Left/Right | (-3.23) |
| Social Libertarian/Authoritarian | (-2.16) |
| Religion | Sunni Muslim |
| Education | Three semesters of a B.A. political science program at Kahanistan National University. |
| Hobbies / Interests | Drawing, reading, TV. |
| Languages spoken | Arabic, English, Hebrew |
| Weapon | FN FAL, .50 S&W Magnum revolver, Hali-42 |
| Affiliation | National Liberation Army, Kahanistan |
| Service | Post-invasion resistance to Doomani occupation |
Laila al-Majani (21 September 1987 - 5 May 2007) was a Kahanistanian resistance fighter and cartoonist, famous for her anti-Catholic cartoons which resulted in a Doomani chemical bombing of Najaster. She was killed in action in Najaster during the resistance to the Doomani, but sightings of her have been reported throughout Haven.
Early life
Laila al-Majani was born in Al-Bahr, Kahanistan (now Iudaea Province, Doomanum) to a liberal Sunni Muslim family. She was raised with a secular education and a belief in general tolerance for other beliefs.
From a young age, Laila liked to draw and loved cartoons. Most of these cartoons had slightly irreverent bents to them, but were not generally calculated to be offensive except to religious or other fanatics. After being suspended from school at age nine for lampooning the principal (he had denied a gay group permission to speak at the school) she came back with an even more vicious cartoon, showing the offending official in a Klan robe denying the meeting with the gay group.
In high school, Majani was active in several sports, including wrestling, swimming, and track running. Also in high school, an art teacher who had heard of her reputation as a cartoonist advised her to study politics and put her skills to use there, a suggestion she would take to heart at Kahanistan National University when she enrolled there in 2005.
Resistance
The loss of a close friend in battle with the Doomani, who held an extremely negative reputation in Kahanistan as torturers and barbarians, caused Majani to question her tolerance as it related to Catholics. While she would never sink to the level of advocating mass torture or genocide, the war did cause anti-Catholic sentiment to rise within her.
To show her hatred for the Doomani and her love of freedom of expression, Majani printed thousands of copies of inflammatory cartoons of the Virgin Mary. She signed her name to the original, imposed a photograph of herself, and made thousands of copies, which she flew in balloons and kites toward the Doomani lines as a show of defiance.
Believed killed in the artillery retaliation, Majani was found to be alive by General Igor Kaselev, commander of the National Liberation Army and Brigadier General in the Kahanistan Republic Guard. Kaselev, part of the stay-behind operation, appointed her as a divisional commander despite her inexperience as an officer, in order to increase morale.
Personal life
Little is known of Majani's personal life as of now. She is believed to be in a relationship with another resistance member, but it is likely that both would consider the resistance more important in the short term than forming a serious relationship.
