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IN PICS: Gulf girl makes it big in Hollywood

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Gulf girl Summer Bishil is set to leap from children’s TV actress to Hollywood A-lister with the release of Towelhead, a controversial film about a mixed American and Arabic family living in Texas during the 1991 Gulf war. Arabian Business takes a closer look at the actress. (Getty Images)

Bishil is already being spoken about as a potential Oscar nominee for her performance in Towelhead, in which she plays a 13-year old girl confusingly thrown into a world of sexual abuse, racial tension and family breakdown. (Getty Images)

Eugene Jones, Bishil, director Alan Ball, Peter Macdissi and Aaron Eckhart arrive at the ‘Towelhead’ premiere held at Eccles Theatre during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 24 in Utah. (Getty Images)

Bishil poses for a portrait at the Miners Club during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. (Getty Images)

Bishil at the premiere for ‘Nothing Is Private’ at the 32nd Annual Toronto International Film Festival at the Elgin Theatre in September 2007. (Getty Images)

Bishil attends a Women in Film luncheon honoring Ginnifer Goodwin at the Sunset Tower Hotel on May 7 in West Hollywood, California. (Getty Images)

Arabian Business takes a closer look at actress Summer Bishil, star of newly-released Towelhead.

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