AmericanEast Page #8

I go to that...

What's the name of it?

It's an Egyptian place.

- Habibi's?

- Habibi's, yeah. It's a great place.

- That's my brother's place.

- Come on.

- Really? That's amazing.

- Yes.

What does it mean, "habibi"?

"My love. "

Do you want to eat?

No.

We're at Coyote Film Studios

in East Los Angeles,

where a gunman has seized

a number of hostages

Eyewitnesses say that the man,

an actor, Omar JamaI AbduI Nasser,

attacked members of a film crew

and is holding the director, the producer

and others against their will

A security guard has been

reported to be shot

- Is this guy flying solo?

- He's a disgruntled employee.

He got picked up earlier for a similar thing.

I got a man

trying to penetrate from the roof up there

and another seeking

a vantage point from over here.

Why didn't you just listen?

Omar, please. It's just a TV show, okay?

It doesn't mean anything.

It means everything.

We're live at the studios

where the new TVseries

American Safety is filmed

An Egyptian-born Muslim actor

and part-time cab driver Omar Nasser

- is still holding

- I don't understand.

the film crew hostage at gunpoint

- How can this be?

- He didn't do it.

Change the channeI.

Put it on an Arab station.

- Hey, hey, hey!

- Leave it, Murad.

I just asked him to give up driving my cab.

That can't be it, Mustafa.

There has to be a problem, man.

The problem is this young generation.

They listen to their heart

and forget about their brain.

You just wait.

If there is another 9/11

it will be safer for all of us

to go back to Iraq with Fikry.

officers inspecting the roof of the studio

where Mr Nasser is holding the hostages

We don't know if police are preparing

any kind of assault on the studio,

but I've been assured

by the office authority

Anybody working here?

Leila, see what he wants.

No, no, no.

- No, no, no. I'm sorry.

- What's wrong?

Wait.

I won't hurt you.

No, stop.

Stop, please. I'm sorry, I...

- What did I do wrong?

- I thought...

I thought I could do this,

but I can't.

It's...

It's not you. It's me.

You wouldn't understand.

I can't even believe it.

I don't believe what I'm seeing.

You liked it with a lot of sauce, right?

You know what?

I come in here

and spend good money for service,

not to take a load of crap off you.

Sir, you're talking to my daughter.

I come in here all the time.

Your daughter is rude to me.

I don't have to put up with this sh*t.

Sir, I'm asking you

not to speak like that here.

Or you'll what? Come on.

Look at you people.

You're f***ing pathetic.

- Who are you calling pathetic, b*tch?

- You, and all of you,

sitting around

bitching and moaning all day

about how Arabs are treated,

fighting amongst yourselves.

If that's the best you can do,

you deserve to have your asses kicked.

You've got to let it go.

You can't win like this.

You'll just end up getting hurt.

I'm already hurt.

Hanging in there? Good.

You want some water?

Keep the pressure on your leg

and keep still.

- Kate?

- Omar, what are you doing?

His name

is still being withheld

- What did the doctor say?

- He said...

- Put down the gun, Omar!

- No!

Put it down, Omar.

You're going to get hurt.

- Omar?

- The SWAT guys are on their way.

They will not hesitate to kill you.

You have my word on that.

I was gonna let them go. It's an accident.

I believe you. I believe you.

I'm gonna put down my gun.

Now...

You step away from them.

You put your gun down now.

You can't arrest me.

I was gonna let them go.

Nobody's gonna do anything.

We're just gonna talk.

I'll listen.

Omar?

My fiance, she's...

I've just heard a single shot

that sounded like a discharge

from a high-powered rifle,

possibly one of the sniper rifles

You deserve

to have your asses kicked.

I'll kick your ass, you sand n*gger.

Me, sand n*gger?

trying to look like a black man.

You think people in this country

think you're cooI?

Damn right they think I'm cooI.

You understand?

They don't think you're cooI, a**hole.

Sir, I told you, watch your language!

Excuse me,

I'm looking for Mustafa Marzoke.

I am Mustafa Marzoke.

What is your reaction

to your employee, Omar Nasser,

being killed by police tonight?

What?

EMS are coming out

with someone on a stretcher

Yes, we're getting reports

that the gunman, Omar Nasser,

has been shot and killed by police,

and that all the hostages are alive

In fact, I am seeing the hostages now

No, no, no!

- They f***ing murdered him!

- Stay.

Get the f*** out of my face!

Get the f*** out.

You people, you f***ing murder us.

You f***ing film our suffering

for your entertainment! F*** you!

Murad, Murad, Omar is dead. He's dead.

What murder?

He takes people hostage with a gun.

- What do you expect to happen?

- F*** you!

- And f*** your American media!

- No, f*** the Arab media!

Tell me about your employee,

Mr. Marzoke.

Did he have extremist politicaI

or religious views?

What? No.

Do you

know if he has any connection

to any of the other Middle Eastern men

being arrested tonight by police?

He was our friend. Go away, please.

- F***ing cameI cocksucker.

- Go away! Go away!

- Out! We're closed!

- Okay. Okay. All right.

Please.

We're closed!

Out!

It's all right. It's okay.

Mustafa, I heard about Omar...

Oh, my God.

Oh, my...

Who did this?

I did it. I did it all.

What?

Mustafa...

You don't need to worry about me

or the land.

Do you understand?

You're released from all of that.

You've done your duty.

You've done more than enough.

You've made a new life for all of us.

Sam, I've always respected

your decisions

and let you run the family business,

but this time,

the family thinks you're mistaken.

So I hear.

Then you're prepared

to get us out of this arrangement?

Ben.

I've always believed in our purpose.

I've always tried

to keep that foremost in my mind,

but if anyone asked me

to apply that belief,

or even money for that matter,

to the destruction of other people's lives,

I would draw the line.

Well, I know Mustafa.

And I know that he is

the same kind of man.

We are tied together

by the same forefather.

More importantly,

I believe we are tied together now, here.

We're Americans.

We can make a difference.

We can change things,

maybe show that catastrophe

isn't a foregone conclusion.

The everyday act

of breaking bread together

is more powerfuI than all the hate.

Let's do it!

What's this? Wait. It's supposed to say,

"American Middle East. "

Ya Ya, what happened?

I write the way you tell me on the phone.

- What?

- I write the way you tell me on the phone.

I don't know what he said

or what you wrote,

but it's "American Middle East. "

What's the difference?

He gave us a great price.

I can't argue with that.

Our investors.

Here come Fikry and

Murad and the four Mohammeds.

What are they doing here?

Murad, I thought no SUV.

- It's a hybrid, b*tch.

- Mother b*tch.

- Mustafa, look, we talked about this.

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