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People Places, Preoccupations PERSON OF INTEREST Amir El-Masry The British-Egyptian actor - an advocate for inclusión for Middle Eastern and North African industry creatives - gives a 'soulful' performance in the new refugee film Limbo By A'ex Ritman * Photographed by Seye isikalu In Netflix's romance/ tech sci-fi series The One, Amir El-Masry - also recently seen on the ПВО/ BBC financial drama Industry and now appearing as the lead in Focus Features' darkly comic refugee film Limbo - played a DNA expert called Ben. Mr. C Says No to Employee Panic Buttons Union workers at the L.A. hotel (where Harvey Weinstein allegedly raped an actress) demand heightened security, citing examples of guests exposing themselves to employees By Gary Baum In the decade sirce the sexual assault case cf former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn involving a maid at the Sofitel in Manhattan (cha'ges were later dropped and a settlement -eacned), panic button systems increasingly nave been mandated to protect hotel emplovees against sexual misconduct, whether through col ective bargain ng - as negotiated by the New vork Hotel "rades Council - or through ordinances in cit es including Seattle, Miami, Long Beach and Santa Monica. According to Kurt Petersen co-o'esident of hotel workers un or Unite Here 11, management at Mr. C Beverly Hills made clear during recant contract negotiations that it won't pay for a system, citing cost. (In a survey published by Unite Here's Chicago affiliate in 2016, more than half of workers reported being subjected to indecent behavio' by a guest.) Raquel Lezama, a nine-vear employee who's worked as a turndown and minibar attendant, has had her own experience with indecent exposure at Mr. C. But she points to another episode, five years ago, as Exhibit A for the need for better safety measures.