Dinah Madani

"I have faith in a system. Our system. The one that took you and Dad in and made you wealthy and respected. This country gave us freedom. But it's fragile. It needs protection."

- Dinah Madani to Farah Madani

Dinah Madani is a highly-trained, sophisticated Homeland Security agent who, upon returning from active duty with the Armed Forces is vexed by the Punisher during her own investigation into the death of her partner Ahmad Zubair. Upon gaining a leadership position after the sudden murder of Carson Wolf, Madani soon learned that Frank Castle was still alive and uncovered a conspiracy involving William Rawlins and Billy Russo linking to Zubair's death and, siding with Castle, assisted in the death of Rawlins and the capture of Russo, exposing Operation Cerberus and all their illegal actions to the world.

Rising in the Ranks
Dinah Madani was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City. She graduated from in 2005 and attended Columbia University where she earned a Masters in Islamic Studies. Madani was recruited to the United States Department of Homeland Security by OOC Director Rafael Hernandez in 2009. She gained top marks at the FBI National academy for intelligence analysis, profiling and investigations.

Posting in Afghanistan
After her training, Madani was posted at the United States Department of Homeland Security Field Office in the Middle East where she served as an analyst.

In 2012, she was designated the Department of Homeland Security Liaison to the United States Mission in Kandahar. There she served with Ahmad Zubair, a local Afghani policeman. Together the two investigated criminal activity in the Kandahar region until Zubair was captured and killed by Cerberus Squad for unknown reasons.

Return from Afghanistan
"Frankly, you must have a guardian angel, Madani. They pulled you out of there before you did your career some real harm. I guess you tick a lot of boxes, because they didn't want the poster girl embarrassing them."

- Carson Wolf

In 2015, after the death of Ahmad Zubair, Madani was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security New York Office. While in New York City she was made partners with Sam Stein, a junior agent under the direct orders of Carson Wolf.

Carson Wolf Case
"I wanted him out of my way, Mom, but not like this." "And now you get to sit in his chair." "Temporarily."

- Dinah Madani and Farah Madani

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The Greek Mob Operation
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False Lead
"He reached out to an arms dealer I had on a watch list. He's got two priors and wants to avoid a third, which is a problem because we just caught him with 10,000 rounds of military-grade ammo." "Jack DeLeon. Yeah, I heard about it." "Castle is the buyer."

- Dinah Madani and Sam Stein

Acknowledging the located bug in her office, Madani and Stein acted out a pretend conversation, in which they put out a false lead on the location of Frank Castle somewhere in an old building. Later, she and Stein relayed the plot to other participants of the plan on paper.

Meeting with Micro
"So Frank Castle turns up alive, and now you're sitting here. No way that's a coincidence. So you, you and Castle, you're what? Partners? Are you here to kill me?" "I'm here because I hope I'm right and you're not one of 'em."

- Dinah Madani and Micro

Before attending Sam Stein's funeral, Madani goes to a bar to have a drink. As she is about to leave, Micro sits next to her with a gun and identifies himself. She recognizes him as the man who sent her the video of Ahmad Zubair's execution and asks what he wants. Micro tells her he can give her names of everyone involved in Kandahar. After listening to Micro's explanation of the event that led up to Zubair's execution, Madani asks for a name. Micro tells her it was William Rawlins, the Director of Covert Ops for the CIA, who was the interrogator. Madani then asks to hear more about Rawlins' involvement but is told by Micro that she must talk to Castle since he was in the room. However, Madani then sees that Castle has been identified by the police and is on live TV.

Royal Hospitality Incident
"Castle, drop the weapon!" "This isn't on me, Madani. None of it." "I believe you. Now drop your weapon." "That's not gonna happen. You're just gonna have to let this go."

- Dinah Madani and Frank Castle

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Frank Castle's Testimony
"What was the aim of Cerberus?" "Mission Cerberus was to apprehend, interrogate, assassinate high-value targets in Afghanistan." "There is no official record of any such mission."

- Dinah Madani and Frank Castle

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Rescue of the Liebermans
"What do I want?" "You want evidence proving William Rawlins killed Ahmad Zubair. You want a video. I want my family safe. Help me get them back, and I'll give you everything you need. Not before."

- Dinah Madani and Micro

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Duel at the Central Park Carousel
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Personality
"Why is it that you resent being home so much, do you think?" "I resent being forced to come back. I resent that no one is hiding that fact. Mostly, I... I resent that no one wants the truth."

- Farah Madani and Dinah Madani

Dinah Madani has presented herself to be determined and stubbornly persisted in seeking justice within the system where injustices exist. Though she initially does not trust her new partner Sam Stein, Madani developed a tamed friendship with him and worked heavily alongside him, in the hopes of solving one case after another until his sudden demise.

Abilities

 * Expert Tactician: To be added
 * Expert Investigator: To be added
 * Expert Marksman: To be added

Weapons

 * SIG-Sauer P226 Pistol: To be added
 * : Madani carried this shotgun in an ambush that they had prepared in an attempt to capture the people they were investigating, using the bug in Madani's office to feed false information. As the five men that appeared did not surrender, Madani and the rest of the DHS agents engaged in a shootout, with Madani managing to kill Spencer Geiger. She went to chase Billy Russo, who unbeknownst to her was the field leader of the mercenaries, but instead she came across the fatally wounded Sam Stein, discarding her weapon to try to assist him.
 * : This assault rifle was the standard weapon carried by Madani, Sam Stein and other agents of the United States Department of Homeland Security during a training exercise organized by Anvil. They successfully shot at the men acting as terrorists, though Stein shot at one of the hostages.

Family

 * Hamid Madani - Father
 * Farah Madani - Mother

Allies

 * Ahmad Zubair † - Partner and Friend
 * United States Department of Homeland Security
 * Rafael Hernandez - Mentor and Friend
 * Sam Stein † - Partner and Friend
 * Frank Castle/Punisher - Target turned Ally
 * David Lieberman/Micro
 * Karen Page
 * Brett Mahoney
 * Marion James
 * Sarah Lieberman
 * Zach Lieberman
 * Leo Lieberman

Enemies

 * Anvil
 * Billy Russo - Lover turned Enemy, Attempted Killer
 * Spencer Geiger † - Victim
 * Tom Weems †
 * Jim Pruitt †
 * Mike Bashille †
 * William Rawlins †
 * Lewis Wilson †
 * Jack DeLeon

Behind the Scenes

 * Aja Frary and Nitasha Bhambree were stunt doubles for Amber Rose Revah in the role of Dinah Madani.