{"id":6664,"date":"2021-03-15T17:52:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=6664"},"modified":"2021-03-15T17:52:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:52:34","slug":"riz-ahmed-is-the-first-pakistani-origin-star-nominated-for-oscar-lead-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/03\/15\/riz-ahmed-is-the-first-pakistani-origin-star-nominated-for-oscar-lead-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Riz Ahmed is the first Pakistani-origin star nominated for Oscar lead actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite years of #OscarsSoWhite criticism, Monday\u00b4s nominations saw multiple diversity landmarks set.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Yuen became the first Asian-American nominated as best actor for &#8220;Minari,&#8221; and will compete against Riz Ahmed,\u00a0 the first Pakistani-origin star nominated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6665\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Riz-Ahmed-is-the-first-Pakistani-origin-star-nominated-for-Oscar-lead-actor-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"Riz-Ahmed-is-the-first-Pakistani-origin-star-nominated-for-Oscar-lead-actor-rapidnews\" width=\"960\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Riz-Ahmed-is-the-first-Pakistani-origin-star-nominated-for-Oscar-lead-actor-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Riz-Ahmed-is-the-first-Pakistani-origin-star-nominated-for-Oscar-lead-actor-rapidnews-dailyrapid-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Riz-Ahmed-is-the-first-Pakistani-origin-star-nominated-for-Oscar-lead-actor-rapidnews-dailyrapid-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Riz who earned the nomination for his role in &#8220;Sound of Metal&#8221;, became the first Muslim and Pakistani nominated for the Oscar for lead actor.<\/p>\n<p>Mahershala Ali had become the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar when he took home the trophy for the supporting actor. 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