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Easy on the sauce, okay?

Everybody complains.

Just easy on the sauce.

The ongoing investigation

into what is now being referred to

as a terrorist arms depot in Los Angeles

has netted severaI suspects

and authorities say arrests are imminent

Some of the explosive materials

have now been identified

as being both Iraqi

and US military in origin

Taxi!

- Hi.

- Yeah, okay. Get in, lady.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- To what do I owe this surprise?

- I'm free untiI evening rehearsaI.

Thought I'd give you a lift

to your appointment.

Oh, well, I guess it pays

to sleep with a cab driver after all,

especially one with a seven-episode deaI

on a new series.

Yeah, which is why I thought

I could finally...

Afford this.

Omar.

You're doing this

because you want to, right?

- Not because...

- Kate, I want to.

- Good night.

- Salwah?

Yes.

I haven't seen you in forever.

Oh, well, I've been here.

Hey, um...

- Yes.

- Do you want to someday, if you're free...

Do you want to have dinner with me?

Do you like Japanese?

I'm a hell of a sushi chef,

if I do say so myself.

Oh. No, I...

I have to tell you I'm going to get...

I'm... I'm...

I'm going to be late.

I'm going to be late.

Our movie star!

What's with the air conditioner?

It's boiling in here.

What, you expected it to work?

I like it. When I'm here

I can relate to my people in Iraq.

Kate, Salwah called. She's late.

I can run some errands.

Just tell her to call me, okay?

I want to tell Salwah myself, okay?

What's up, my homie-omie?

- How did we do?

- $900, more or less.

That's it?

Your other business... Are you busy?

We have first run-through tonight,

camera rehearsaI.

Pick good roles. Be smart.

Think about the future.

It's funny you say that.

I just proposed to Kate.

What, are you getting married?

Fantastic, Omar!

Omar is getting married.

Huh?

Fresh baklava and tea on me.

I make it myself.

Come here. Come here, come here.

Congratulations.

So, yo, big shot,

you making enough money

to support a wifey now?

I landed a good role finally,

and on a good show, American Safety

Don't tell me, they're gonna have you

play a terrorist again.

No, not this time. A doctor.

Hey, that's a good part for you.

Yeah, no more Arab bad guys, inshallah

Yeah, inshallah,

but don't get your hopes

up too high, homie,

because as long as the Jews

controI Hollywood...

That's a myth.

- Talent wins in this town, that's all.

- For reaI?

So then how come there ain't

no successfuI Arab actors?

- There are.

- Who?

- Omar Sharif.

- He's a Jew.

He's not a Jew.

He was Christian and became a Muslim.

- He's a Jew.

- He's not a Jew.

He's a Jew. They're all Jews.

Name a known actor who's not a Jew.

- Antonio Banderas.

- Big Sephardic Jew.

He's not a Jew. Anyway, you'll see.

I'm going to be the Antonio Banderas

of the Arabs one day.

Yeah, one day the GirI Scouts

are gonna sell cookies

for the Muslim brotherhood, too,

you know.

Murad, you watch too much Al Jazeera.

It feeds your constant fear of the West.

Yeah, and Zionist American propaganda

feeds your constant fear

of your own Middle Eastern people.

- Check that sh*t on Fox.

- Fox.

Murad, enough already. Read the sign.

"No politics or religious discussion

allowed in this establishment.

"The management. " That's me.

That is, but that sign does

not say "discussion," M.

Whoever made that sign left that sh*t out.

Ya Ya make it.

His English like mine, not that good.

- But he's cheap.

- What do you mean, "his English"?

He's illiterate in Arabic also, man.

Oh.

You know the way.

You know the way.

You were saying, M, about religion?

I have to get the light on for them.

I'll get you the light. I'm sorry.

Salwah, Kate was here. Give her a call.

I need to set up.

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.

Murad.

Sabir, go to Salwah.

Have a seat.

So, you like doing this?

Sabir, I'm sorry. This is...

This is very strange for me. I...

I need to get to know you. I...

I need to take some time,

but right now I have

another client coming in.

Sam, this place...

Every time I fix something,

something else breaks.

Yeah, I know, I know.

Okay, listen, Mustafa,

I had an inspector check out that building

and my accountant ran the numbers.

- Yeah?

- And it looks pretty good.

That's great, Sam.

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