Ali's Wedding Page #3

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Who cares about the film? Girls!

Ali, look at what I found!

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Ali!

Charlie.

Hey.

You never told me you were doing medicine.

Didn't know I needed your permission.

No, I mean we could have studied together.

Pst.

I got your Chupa Chups in.

I'm about to do a seven-hour exam.

Stop talking.

Ali.

Hey, Luay.

Good luck.

Yeah, you too.

Baba habib.

My leader,

you are gracious to spare this time.

- For such a foolish man.

- Please, Hajjina.

Ali will serve as witness.

What are you doing?

That's my racket, you idiot.

We must all take a leaf

out of this family's book.

Your children have self-respect.

This houseis exactly

as we have come to know of the Prophet.

We are all beneath God's wide...

generous shadow, but...

Please.

- To your issue.

- Sheikhna.

The last day of Ramadan,

I coached soccer all day.

No water, no food. 100 degrees.

And I come home

and she has burnt the lamb.

The baklava is like concrete.

Tea, Haj?

Even within this house

there is the occasional angry word.

No, my leader.

In my anger, I divorced her three times.

- You said the words three times?

- More.

It was more.

Unfortunately,

you are from theHanafi faith

and once you say to God,

"I divorce my wife," three times...

there is no going back.

I lostthe most beautiful woman

in the world

over a piece of baklava.

To be clear.

When you uttered the words,

"I divorce you,"

did you say, "I divorce you,"

and then have a shower?

And then come out and say it again?

And take a walk,

and say it again for a third time?

I said it all in one terrible moment,

that will haunt me for eternity.

So, it was one thought.

A continuum.

A singularity.

What do you mean, my leader?

In soccer, when Ali kicks a goal,

the crowd cry, "Goal, goal, goal!"

But how many goals has Ali kicked?

- One.

- One thought.

One divorce.

Go to your wife

and commit to her with all your heart.

Even to the baklava.

You have saved my family.

May you grow in his shadow

and guide us all,

and with a good wife by your side.

See you at rehearsals, Ali.

Sheikh has once again saved my life

Now I get to go back to my wife

Can you make your own laws, Dad?

Believe me.

Even the Prophet

would not have wanted a divorce.

No man is complete without marriage.

But tell me.

How was your exam?

Good.

- You got a top mark?

- Guaranteed.

Have you told Dad you're f***ed?

You won't even get 80, man.

You don't know that for sure.

I answered all the questions.

You know I love you, bro?

Stop pretending

you're like the old man.

You and I both know

we'll never be as good as him.

Johnno, you f***ing d*ckhead.

You're cleaning that, a**hole.

Mohammed.

This is my job, Dad.

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