Amreeka

Sorry.

See you tomorrow.

She never told me.

Ihab Abdulla.

- I love you.

- I love you.

Citizenship?

We don't have.

You don't have citizenship?

As in, you don't

have a country.

That's right.

Where are you from?

- Israel?

- No, no.

It's the Palestinian territory.

Your occupation?

Yes.

It is occupied

for forty years.

No. What is your occupation?

What--What do you do

for a living, ma'am?

Oh yes, I was working

in banking.

Is this your son?

Yes. Fadi.

Your husband

travelling with you?

No. We have divorced.

My husband--

He's not a good man.

Ma'am?

Ma'am?

Yes?

Has anyone asked you to bring

anything into the country?

Only my mother.

Are you carrying

any firearms?

Repeat please.

Are you carrying

any firearms?

- Guns, weapons.

- No, no. No.

What's in this?

Cheese and...

I don't know.

Meat by-products are prohibited

from entry in the United States.

Oh... Mama?

Can you move it

a little bit?

Mama?

Fine.

Narcotics?

- Sorry?

- Heroin.

- Cocaine, marijuana.

- No! No, no, of course not!

Fadi!

- How are you?

- Good.

- Hi, Aunty.

- Hello.

- Welcome to America!

- Thank you.

It's a big country, Aunty.

Mum says everyone

in America is fat.

So maybe

you could fit in.

This is my present.

Michel Arona.

Zatar...

Fadi... Fadi!

Okay, get some sleep,

habib.

Fadi... Fadi!

So, is there anything else

you can do?

You can file a report,

but that's about it.

You can try back in

a few days if you want to.

Thanks.

Mom...

- It's my room, too.

- No, it's not. Go away.

You have to take

an appointment.

$23.24

Thanks.

Thank you.

Kind of ugly,

but fine.

Oh my God!

Definitely not!

What you're doing?

She's telling me

what to wear.

Why? You don't know

what to wear?

No, Aunty, because

he can't wear things like this.

Why?

Just buy this for him.

Aunty, they're pleaded.

Do you know what will happen

if you wear this to school?

What?

He'll look like an FOB.

- A what?

- Fresh of the boat.

What's that mean?

What boat, habiti?

It means he won't have

any friends.

What friends have to do

with his clothes?

Only everything.

Arabic, English and French?

Well, my French

isn't that good, but--

Him parler francais trs bien.

(He speaks French very well)

Me too.

We speak three language

and a half.

Mom, I only know

the numbers in Hebrew.

This is what

I said I have.

Mr. Novatski, the boys are writing

on the bathroom walls again.

Yeah, I'll--

I'll be there in a minute.

Now, it says here

you went to private school.

- Yeah, I did. It was--

- Yeah, it was so expensive.

But I manage.

I work in a bank

for ten years.

Well, his record

is very impressive.

So you did something right.

- Thank you.

- I have to say that he has

more credits than

most of our graduates.

Now, I assume that you're

planning on going to college.

Yeah, I do.

I like arts

so I thought of going

to some art college or like--

No, no.

He will be a doctor.

Like my sister-husband.

He's too smart.

Right, well. Um...

I see no reason

why Fadi shouldn't be able to

enter his junior year here.

We're lucky to have him.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you!

Habibi!

Come on, people.

Who read the assignment?

They targetted aliens

with ties--

C-- Come in.

Fatty Farrah?

It's Fadi.

Isn't that what I said?

I take it

that's your mom.

Dude, check it out.

Have a seat.

Welcome to Current World Issues.

I'm Mr. Jones.

Where you joining us from?

- Louis Bank.

- He's my cousin.

So what's your take

on what's going on over there?

Well, there needs to be an end to

the occupation first of all and--

We want to hear

what Fatty thinks.

Yeah... Fatty.

Well, I guess I agree

with Sanma.

- Muna Farrah.

- Yeah. I'm she.

- Hi. Hi.

- Hello. Right this way.

Thank you.

Please.

So what can I help you

with today?

I came here for a job.

- Excuse me?

- A job.

I would like a job.

I-I'm sorry. I thought

you wanted to open an account.

I came from Palestine.

You know her?

- Who?

- Palestine!

Is that

a Jewish-speaking country?

No. Arabic.

I'm an Arab.

Oh... don't blow the place up.

I'm just kidding.

Actually, we're not really

hiring at this time.

I have a long experience.

You can see from my resume.

Here. Please.

Great, we'll certainly

keep this on file.

And also I came here

because my sister--

She had account

with you.

I promise if you give me a job,

I will open my account also here.

We'll keep that in mind.

Thank you.

Thank you for calling...

How can I help you?

Hi. You look for, uh...

a book-keeper?

You're looking for who?

I'm interested

in a book-keeper job.

It's written here

in the newspaper.

That position's been filled.

Hmm... Thank you.

No fair. Your parts are

much bigger than mine.

I'm older, so live with it.

Aunty, Lamis won't let me

leave this part of the room.

I can't even get to the door!

Is it true, Lamis?

- No, I was just kidding. God!

- No, she's not.

She's gonna put the tape

back there when you leave.

No, she won't.

She's a good girl.

Tattle-tail.

Mama...

Mom!

Can I have

lunch money, please?

Lunch money?

American marines have dragged

the iconic statue of Saddam Hussein

- off its pedestal...

- So what does this mean? Is it over?

Are you kidding?

It's just the beginning.

The Americans

are going to get in there

and destabilize

the whole region.

Mom, this is disgusting.

Mom, I love it!

Just push the cauliflower aside.

That's what I do.

It all tastes so good.

You're too thin.

Where's my mom,

by the way?

So what-- Are the Iraqis happy

that Saddam is gone?

I'll give you some particular advice

if you don't like the way it was done.

Can I get up?

I can't hear!

I got a job.

- Where, Aunty?

- In the United Alliance Bank.

What will you be doing?

Working in office.

Administration.

When do you start, Mom?

When you start--

- Then bye.

- Bye.

Hi. Can I help you?

I wish.

Good morning.

It's my first day.

- Wait-- You work here?

- Yes.

I'm Muna.

Matt.

Matt?

Your name is Matt?

Do you know

what it means in Arabic?

I know it's not "God is great"

but it's what I am.

It means dead.

You are dead.

Cool.

Imagine that someone

invaded America, alright?

And then

the people resisted...

Would we be terrorists?

No. See that's completely

different, though.

- No, it's not.

- It is because

we wouldn't blow ourselves up

killing innocent people.

Because you wouldn't have to.

Alright, because you have

fighter jets in your backyard.

We didn't invade them.

We were over there trying to help them.

How?

By starving them?

By killing them?

My brother is over there

trying to give them a chance

- at freedom.

- If you believe that,

I seriously feel sorry

for you.

- You seriously feel--

- Okay. Okay.

Let's open this up.

What do the rest of you think?

What are the reasons

behind terrorism?

Political injustice

and resistance to occupation.

Just give someone else

a chance, okay?

Fadi.

- You would ask him.

- I'm sorry.

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