# ASMA/AAA Film Research Resources Repo-local index for ASMA / AAA project materials extracted from Olivier-related Gmail threads and existing local notes. Generated: 2026-05-05 ## Source threads archived in repo - `email-threads/olivier/2026-05-03-fk-pre-discovery.txt` - Gmail: https://mail.google.com/mail/?authuser=cultscale%40gmail.com#all/19deabfadcedb6aa - Category: interview / pre-discovery notes - `email-threads/olivier/2026-04-21-assad-leaks-source-lead.txt` - Gmail: https://mail.google.com/mail/?authuser=cultscale%40gmail.com#all/19dafacb3f620e56 - Category: source leads / Assad email leaks context - `email-threads/olivier/2026-04-12-aaa-meeting-invite.txt` - Gmail: https://mail.google.com/mail/?authuser=cultscale%40gmail.com#all/19d8271223c4c1fb - Category: meeting record ## Development notes - `notes/development/2026-05-05-lioness-feature-development.md` - Consolidated fiction-feature development document for **LIONESS**: title logic, logline, auditor/Asma mirror structure, earthquake/China timeline, flashback mechanism, Asma selling point, Tension Economy buyer test, and lessons from *The Last King of Scotland*. - `notes/development/2026-05-05-lioness-title-tagline-synopsis.md` - **Current best package.** Final title, tagline, and synopsis for **LIONESS**. Includes source note on the Emma alias from OFAC records. ## Interview notes - `notes/interviews/2026-04-26-fk-pre-discovery.md` - Olivier's April 26 pre-discovery notes on AAA/Fares. - Working direction: “She was dreaming of transforming the system but the system transformed her.” ## Meeting records - `notes/meetings/2026-04-13-aaa-meeting-invite.md` - AAA Meeting / Reme / Maroun / Olivier invite. - Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/ugc-xexq-sjw - `notes/meetings/2026-04-23-fares-reem-raw-notes.txt` - Raw local notes from meeting with Fares Kallas and Reem Sakr. - `notes/meetings/2026-04-23-fares-reem-summary.md` - Cleaned summary of the April 23 notes. - `resources/attachments/19d8271223c4c1fb-19d8271223c4c1fb-0.2-invite.ics` - Downloaded calendar invite attachment. - SHA-256: `8d52a96e6c4be581b694ad28898d73d76ff8a8ab3fcc1ce5259bda6fe4e62670` ## Primary sources - `sources/primary/wikileaks-syria-files.md` - URL: https://wikileaks.org/syria-files/ - Primary corpus lead referenced in Maroun's reply to Olivier. ## Secondary sources / press - `sources/secondary/lemonde-assad-courriels.md` - URL: https://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2012/03/17/la-petite-cour-des-assad-revelee-par-ses-courriels_1671381_3218.html - Sent by Olivier as an Assad email leak lead. - `sources/secondary/lexpress-bachar-el-assad-women.md` - Existing local L'Express article summary/archive. - Topic: Bachar el-Assad, women, intimacy, and authoritarian power. ## Archived / ingested referenced content - `sources/archived/manifest.json` - Retrieval manifest for archive/live captures. - `sources/archived/archive-lookups.md` - Wayback/archive.today lookup notes and selected snapshots. - `sources/archived/extracted/wikileaks-syria-files.md` - Clean extracted local copy of the WikiLeaks Syria Files search/reference page. - Raw captures: `sources/archived/raw/wikileaks-syria-files.live.html`, `sources/archived/raw/wikileaks-syria-files.archive.html` - `sources/archived/extracted/lemonde-assad-courriels.md` - Clean extracted local copy of the Le Monde article from the 2012 Wayback snapshot. - Raw capture: `sources/archived/raw/lemonde-assad-courriels.archive.html` - `sources/archived/extracted/lexpress-bachar-el-assad-women.md` - Clean extracted local copy of the L'Express article from the 2026 Wayback snapshot. - Raw capture: `sources/archived/raw/lexpress-bachar-el-assad-women.archive.html` - `sources/archived/ingest-referenced-content.mjs` - Re-runnable ingestion script for the initially referenced web content. - `sources/archived/ingest-additional-sources.mjs` - Re-runnable ingestion script for additional discovered sources. ## Additional archived sources found from this research pass ### Deep search / multilingual source maps - `notes/research/2026-05-05-asma-al-assad-deep-search-leads.md` - First broad multilingual source map for Asma al-Assad: aliases, source clusters, travel tracker, China 2023 materials, Arabic profile leads, sanctions/legal, Syria Trust/economic influence, health/exile, and next-search queries. - `sources/secondary/asma-al-assad-deep-search-leads.md` - Secondary-source pointer to the same deep-search pass. - `sources/archived/extracted/asma-china-2023-source-cluster.md` - Extracted cluster note for the confirmed September 2023 China visit: Hangzhou, Asian Games, Phoenix interview, BFSU visit, and Chinese public-image framing. - `notes/research/2026-05-05-little-known-facts-about-aaa.md` - Sourced dossier of 50 lesser-known AAA / Asma al-Assad facts with confidence levels and cinematic story hooks. - `sources/secondary/little-known-facts-about-aaa.md` - Secondary-source pointer to the fact-bank dossier. - `notes/research/2026-05-05-aaa-political-role-and-machinations.md` - Deep-dive dossier on Asma al-Assad’s political role: Syria Trust, patronage, aid, parliament, Makhlouf rupture, economic networks, sanctions nodes, and China 2023 diplomacy. - `sources/secondary/aaa-political-role-and-machinations.md` - Secondary-source pointer to the political-role dossier. - `notes/research/2026-05-05-asma-official-role-and-capacities.md` - Sourced dossier on Asma’s official/state-styled role and capacities: constitutional status, First Lady title/office, Syria Trust chair role, public diplomacy, humanitarian/development portfolio, and political-economic network capacity. - `sources/secondary/asma-official-role-and-capacities.md` - Secondary-source pointer to the official-role dossier. - `notes/research/2026-05-05-aaa-documents-and-pictures-inventory.md` - Inventory of documents, official sanctions records, political-economy sources, downloaded Wikimedia/Commons images, VLM descriptions, and image leads from captured pages. - `sources/secondary/aaa-documents-and-pictures-inventory.md` - Secondary-source pointer to the documents/media inventory. ### Assad email cache / Guardian - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-assad-emails-key-correspondents.md` - Key correspondents around Assad in the email cache. - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-how-know-assad-emails-genuine.md` - Guardian methodology/authentication note. - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-asma-signs-off-aaa.md` - Directly relevant email excerpt where Asma signs off as `aaa`. - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-to-asma-akhras.md` - Fawaz Akhras email excerpt addressed to Asma Akhras. - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-syria-heritage-foundation-wound-up.md` - Syria Heritage Foundation / Fawaz Akhras excerpt. - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-abc-interview.md` - ABC interview / Sheherazad Jaafari media-access context. - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-worth-concideration.md` - Sheherazad Jaafari advice email. - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-asma-mothers-day-speech.md` - Asma public appearance / propaganda context. - `sources/archived/extracted/guardian-media-fooled-assads.md` - Retrospective on media glamorisation of Bashar and Asma. ### Public image and soft-power profile - `sources/archived/extracted/vogue-asma-rose-in-the-desert.md` - Wayback capture of the infamous Vogue profile. ### First Lady / gender / civil society theory - `sources/archived/extracted/first-lady-phenomenon-sukarieh-kcl-aam.md` - KCL accepted-author-manuscript copy of Mayssoun Sukarieh’s article on Queen Rania and Asma al-Assad as first-lady civil-society figures. - Raw capture: `sources/archived/raw/first-lady-phenomenon-sukarieh-kcl-aam.archive.pdf` ### Syria Trust, NGOs, humanitarian aid, political economy - `sources/archived/extracted/eui-role-of-philanthropy-syrian-war.md` - Regime-sponsored NGOs and Syria Trust context. - `sources/archived/extracted/fdd-systematic-theft-humanitarian-aid-syria.md` - Aid diversion and humanitarian-aid capture context. - `sources/archived/extracted/fes-un-humanitarian-operations-syria-2021-2022.md` - UN operations, procurement, and partnership risks. - `sources/archived/extracted/smith-networked-authoritarianism-economic-resilience-syria.md` - Political economy and networked authoritarianism context. ## Admin / operational - `admin/email-drafts/syncthing-to-olivier.md` - Draft about using Syncthing for private file sharing with Olivier. ## Excluded / irrelevant to project The following appeared in Olivier signature/footer context but are not project resources: - https://theoathofcyriac.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/theoathofcyriac Other skipped boilerplate: - Google RSVP action links - Google Calendar support/help links - schema.org metadata URLs - Google font/signature image assets ## Unsorted / currently unrelated - `The Baker's Wife` - Left untouched at repo root. It appears unrelated to ASMA / AAA unless you want it folded into a comparative cinema references section.