Dancing Arabs Page #5

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- When are you coming home?

- Next week, I think.

- Do they have a phone?

- Of course they have a phone.

Write down the number:

- OK, bye.

- Bye, Mom.

Sometimes I forget you're an Arab.

Yeah, me too.

Don't worry.

Someone will always remind you.

Yeah.

Stop worrying. It'll be OK with Naomi.

Trust me. I know women.

- You don't seem that focused.

- What? No, I'm just...

- Just what?

- Nothing.

"God blessed the seventh day and made it holy

because on it

he rested from all the work of creating.

- Allow me."

- Cheers.

"Bless you, oh Lord,

who creates the fruit of the vine."

- Amen.

- Amen.

Cheers.

Did you talk to her?

My dad started having the symptoms

when he was 35.

I was five.

It's not even a hereditary disease.

But your problem is hereditary.

Sure. My parents are Arab.

The truth is, we're similar, you and I.

We're both victims oi statistics. Right?

Come on. Being special is the best.

- It's unique.

- Yeah.

So, being unique I've decided to quit school.

What?

Now? Just before graduation?

I can't take it anymore.

I can't stand the students,

the class, the school.

I'll study at home.

I'll do the final exams externally.

Are you sure?

I'm so tired.

- Mom, I'm going to sleep. Good night.

- I'll be right in, honey.

Should I help you get into bed?

- You know what I miss the most?

- What?

Easy.

- The guitar.

- Is this alright?

Slowly.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Hello?

- Hi, may I speak with Naomi?

- Who's this?

- Yonatan, from her class.

- OK, just a moment. I'll get her.

- No, it's not Yonatan. It's me.

- Oh, Eyad.

- I have bad news.

- What happened?

My parents won't let me go back to school.

- What do you mean?

- They just won't.

- I can't talk right now. Let's talk later.

- Wait...

- Does Naomi live here?

- Who wants to know?

Yonatan. We spoke on the phone.

A friend from school!

You can tell them we broke up.

And keep on lying? Hiding?

I just can't do it anymore.

What will we do? Not see each other?

I don't know, but what can I do?

What do you mean you're leaving?

I want Naomi to be able to

come back to Jerusalem.

You're going to destroy your future

because of Naomi's parents?

A diploma from this school

can open a lot of doors for you.

Please tell Naomi's parents

that she can come back.

What about your parents?

Take care.

You're leaving school? I don't understand.

I put all my hopes in you.

Do you want to kill me?

Stop it, Salah. Eyad's smart.

He knows what he's doing.

It he wants, he can study externally.

I'm sure he'll get good grades. Right?

Externally?

I work like a dog to pay for his tuition

and I tell people

my son goes to the best school in the country.

- Now he wants to leave?

- Stop.

What will people say?

- That you're a failure?

- Stop!

- I'm sorry. I promise...

- What do you promise?

You know what?

I don't even want to see you here.

Understand?

Take care of yourself.

Don't worry. Everything will be alright.

May Allah watch over you.

When the day arrives and you're a doctor,

you'll find a cure for your grandmother.

My legs can't carry me anymore.

Get well, Grandmother.

May God give you health, my child.

Come, come to your grandmother.

May God watch over you and protect you.

- God be with you, boy.

- Thank you very much.

Hi, Eyad. Where are you?

Not far. How's school?

Fine.

- I miss you so much.

- What matters is that now we can see each other.

What will you do? How will you manage?

Don't worry. I'll be fine.

I just need to find work.

And your parents?

They totally understand.

They've always trusted me. My mom even

helped me get a flat. I'm dying to show it to you.

No one understands why you left.

They're all asking about you.

They think you're crazy.

- They don't know what they're missing outside.

- Sure.

- I don't understand either.

- See you Tuesday?

Sure. Atara Caf?

Sure.

- I love you, Naomi.

- I love you more.

Excuse me, who's the owner here? Thanks.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Are you looking for waiters?

- No, thanks. We don't need any.

Excuse me.

- Yes?

- I see you need waiters.

No, we don't.

The committee examining Palestinian complaints

against violent Jewish settlers...

- Rafi, what about table 12?

- Almost ready.

Hagar, take over.

- Put on some music.

- OK.

Oh Rosana, Rosana, tell me where are you.

What have you done, Rosana?

Come over here...

- Move it, before the boss gets angry.

- Sure.

How come Rafi speaks Arabic so well?

Listen, my friend: "Rafi is in fact Rafik.

I'm Muhammad, but they call me "Muki".

And Jamal is... Jimmy.

Get it?

Awid!

You've a phone call. They said it's urgent.

It started with his vocal cords,

then his esophagus.

We're waiting for the test results.

Sweetheart,

look who's here.

How are you, Yonatan?

How are your studies going?

Really good.

So you work in a restaurant now?

A few shifts a week.

When I don't have classes, I work as a waiter.

It's good money for going out

and things like that.

I have to go back now.

I'll visit again tomorrow.

If you need anything...

Are you thirsty?

It's this way.

See you next Tuesday.

- A waiter makes more than us just from tips.

- The boss promised I'll be a waiter soon.

Keep dreaming, my friend.

You've only been here a month. I've been here

two years and he still keeps promising.

- You know how to become a waiter?

- How?

Die a martyr and then ask Allah

to send you back as a Jew.

Even then, maybe you'll be lucky, maybe not.

Is that alright? Are you comfortable, Yonatan?

Blink once for "yes", twice for "no.

Good.

I'll be here every day from eight till tour.

I'll do all the treatments, creams, baths.

And do me a favor.

- Don't smoke here.

- Welcome home, sweetheart.

- You speak Hebrew, right?

- Yes.

See you.

- So, you start tomorrow morning.

- Yes, I'll be here at eight.

Music?

We really look alike, right?

You look like an Arab.

Yonatan, we're going for a drink after work.

Want to join us?

Thanks, but I can't tonight.

Why? Is your girlfriend waiting for you?

"On August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb

was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

It destroyed more than half the city

and killed 80,000 people.

Two days later, the Soviet Union declared

war on Japan and invaded Manchuria.

On August 9th, another atomic bomb

was dropped on the naval base in Nagasaki."

Well, I think we're ready

for the final exam in history.

Are you asleep?

You don't give up, do you?

You're stubborn.

What?

Nothing. It's been a while

since I saw an Avrahami get drunk.

Well, good night. See you tomorrow.

I don't want to be alone in the house

with Yonatan.

I won't survive it.

Come stay with us.

What's wrong?

Are you alright?

It's OK. Don't worry.

Let's take off your top.

That's right.

That's it.

Just a few more minutes

and I'll take you back to bed.

Easy.

"When the child was a child

it didn't know it was a child.

Everything had a soul and all souls were one.

When the child was a child

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