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Sam is coming any minute.

You hungry?

I lose, and now I got this.

Hey, Sam.

Look at this guy.

- Sam, how are you?

- Mustafa.

Have a seat. Salwah's setting up.

- How's it going, Fikry?

- Good, Sam.

- Omar.

- Hey, Sam.

Abdulla,

coffee and baklava for Sam.

So, Mustafa, you try those dates

we brought in last week?

- The best, right?

- Sold in two days.

Funny, we were just talking

about those beautifuI dates

that they used to grow in Iraq

before the US government

decided that oiI was sweeter.

You're feeling me. I know you are, Fikry.

It's all about the oiI.

It's not about this democracy sh*t

they keep feeding us.

It's about the oiI.

And IsraeI.

Sam, I'm ready for you.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Sabir, you made it!

Sabir, my cousin, came from Egypt.

Hey, Sabir.

- You rested?

- Later, later.

Salwah's here. Let's go in.

Salwah, Sabir is here.

Ow! Ow!

Salwah.

Sorry, Sam. Sabir came

all the way from Egypt to see Salwah.

- Remember him now?

- Yes.

- Hi, Sabir.

- Hello.

Nice to meet you, Sabir.

What brings you to LA?

Mustafa and I have business.

Okay, you guys finish. Let's go. Let's go.

What was that about?

He's my future husband, supposedly.

I didn't know you were engaged.

Hmm.

I didn't either.

I don't get you.

Our family always talked about

me marrying my first cousin.

It's a tradition.

I'm sorry.

Ow.

Mustafa's not like that.

He doesn't hold onto

old tribaI notions like that.

Mustafa thinks it's his duty.

You're joking.

They arrest Muslims

and jaiI them all the time.

You know what I'm saying?

No charges, no evidence.

They just, poof, disappear.

Yeah, we hear how badly Arabs

are treated in this country.

What happened today

was very, very frightening.

You know, Sabir,

We and everybody else will pay the price.

Yo, M, who "Everybody else"?

It's the Arabs

that are paying the price, brother.

Murad, you act as if

we're the only ones, man.

It's part of a hazing process, you know?

It happened to the Irish,

the Japanese before us.

We're the newcomers now, that's all.

Yeah, but it happened here in this country.

See, the f***ing problem is

the people in the Middle East

are paying the price so that Americans

can live their American dream.

SUVs, subsidized gas, f***ing fast food.

I don't understand

why you want to live here at all.

When you get married and settle,

you will see.

This is a good country.

And a good people, too.

Thank you, Salwah. This is for you.

Thank you.

Mustafa, do you have a minute

to talk about business?

Yes, Sam. Come in the back.

I'll tell you what the problem is.

It's the f***ing land grabbers.

Here I thought it was

the f***ing Islamic terrorists.

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