Amreeka Page #5

And I'm too late for work.

Well, my car is right here.

No, no. Thank you, no.

Why don't you let me

drive you?

- It's no trouble.

- No, no. I'll wait...

Please. Come on,

I'd be happy to. Come on.

Thank you.

Got a whole mess in there.

Don't worry.

You know... I think

you're seeing the worst of it,

Mrs. Farrah, I really do.

Kids just don't know

any better.

You know, they hear about

one Muslim extremist...

Suddenly, all Muslims

are extremists.

- But they are not.

- Of course, they're not.

We are not Muslim even.

I'm sorry.

I-- I just assumed.

It doesn't matter.

We are a minority here

and a minority there.

I can relate.

Not many Polish-Jews

around here.

You are a Jewish?

- You came from Poland?

- Well, not me.

My grandparents.

I was born here.

So... you play chess?

Yeah.

Every now and then.

I was on the chess team

in college.

You know

we invent the chess?

- "We?" Who's "we?"

- The Arab.

- Really?

- Yeah.

No, I had no idea.

Yes, Oni said, "Checkmate--

It comes from the Arabic."

Sheikh matt.

Which means the king is dead.

- Is that right?

- Yes.

I never heard that before.

Sheikh matt.

- Sheikh matt.

- Sheikh matt.

So you speak the Arabic

without knowing that.

Thank you so much.

Oh, you tell Fadi

to hang in there.

He will.

He's lucky to have you,

you know.

You tell him this

before God this day.

Thank you.

They make

a good hamburger here.

You know why?

They cook it on

top of the onion.

- It's delicious.

- I can bring you more!

Oh, no, no, no.

Thanks. This is plenty.

No, no, it's okay.

You can take it for your family.

No. I live alone.

I'm divorced.

Yeah, me too.

I was married for eleven years.

And my husband--

All what he brings me is a headache.

Would you like some?

No, no, no. No, it's okay.

I just started my diet today.

I take Herbal Loss.

It's good!

- Do you like it?

- Yeah, it's-- It's good.

You can have more.

- I sell it.

- I'd love to buy some.

- Really?

- Yeah!

I mean, I could stand

to lose a few pounds.

You can buy it all!

So... what happened

to your marriage?

Well, he just

found another woman.

I am gone.

He look like this.

She made me look

so fat.

You're not at all fat.

Thank you.

L-- Listen.

I wish you don't say

anything to my family

you see me here.

I won't say a word.

They will not like it.

I don't like it too.

I have two degrees

in ten years experience

and in this country,

all this get me is...

a hamburger.

Everything okay

with your son?

Oh, yeah. Okay.

They gave him a black eye.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I wanted to let you know

I looked into a credit card for you,

- like you asked.

- You did?

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