Miral Page #4

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I will answer your questions.

She is not a criminal. Help!

I will answer them!

Papa! Papa...

Look at that picture again.

Where is he?

- I told you, I don't know him.

- Really?

Because I think this girl back here,

behind your friend Hani, is you.

That's not me.

Your name is on the list.

We have it.

You belong to an enemy organization.

It is a mistake.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You have a beautiful face.

Do you know what it means

to stay in jail for a while?

You won't recognize yourself

when you walk out of here.

Do you want to save yourself?

Go back to school?

Tell me where Hani is and you can go.

I have to go to the bathroom.

You're not going anywhere

before you answer me.

Please, I have to go now. Please.

If you have to go, go.

Finished?

You're not being very helpful.

After everything your father did for

you, why do you want to help them?

Don't mention my father.

If you have to beat me, do it.

Why are we here?

- Miral Shahin.

- Yes, no?

Your Honor, she's suspected

of belonging to an enemy organization.

What evidence does he have of this,

Your Honor?

Do you have an answer for that?

We have what we believe to be a photo

of her. It's in the file, Your Honor.

Go sit down.

- Did she sign or admit anything?

- No, Your Honor.

Your Honor, my client has a clean

record. This is her first offense.

There's no evidence against her.

Not yet. We need another

Your Honor, she's 17.

She's an Israeli citizen.

And she's been here for 24 hours.

You can put your shirt down.

You will pay a fine of 3,000 shekels.

I don't want to see you here again.

You're free to go.

I didn't tell them anything.

They asked you about other people?

Hani.

Did you tell them anything about him?

I said I didn't know him.

So why did they let you go?

They had to.

I was imprisoned for 24 hours.

My father had to pay 3,000 shekels.

- Why don't you believe me?

- Why?

'Cause yesterday 100 people arrested,

that's why.

I didn't admit anything.

If anybody contacts you again,

just speak to Yasmin.

OK?

Get out.

Hello?

Are you feeling better?

Yes, she is here.

She's fine.

Please, take care of yourself.

Yes, yes. Just a minute.

Miral? Habibti, Papa is on the phone.

Thank you.

Hello, Papa.

Are you OK?

It's getting better.

What about you?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I can see the sea, Papa.

It's so beautiful.

I love you, too.

I miss you.

Bye.

Cousin, you've been

in this bed two weeks.

Cousin, you need to go out.

I will take you with me to a party.

See that pretty one over there?

She's my girlfriend.

- Come on, let's dance.

- It's OK. I'll sit here for now.

- Come on.

- Come on?

- She is Jewish.

- Yeah, so?

- Does your mom know?

- Yeah, she knows.

- Miral, come on, let's dance.

- No.

You go dance with your friends.

I don't like dancing.

Want to go swimming with me?

No. I don't have a bathing suit.

Neither do I.

Miral, come on.

I don't feel like it.

OK. I sit here with you.

You can do what you want.

I'm Lisa. Samir's girlfriend.

I know.

Are you in the army?

No.

Luckily, I have asthma,

so they let me out.

Lisa. Hm?

Are you serious about Samir

or are you just playing with him?

You want me to come back and start over?

I mean, what did I ever do to you?

Huh?

I love him.

Have you ever loved anybody before?

Why do you dress like that?

Lisa is gonna be here soon. I want her

to feel uncomfortable and to leave him.

- She seems sweet.

- What are you saying?

I was counting on you. I thought

you are the liberation front.

Wow. It smells great in here.

My Auntie's a great cook.

She's been cooking all day for you.

What are you making?

She does not speak Arabic.

You translate for her!

OK, it is stuffed potatoes

and stuffed zucchini.

And that is...

...upside down.

And it's one of the very

rare recordings of Pete Townshend alone,

unaccompanied, by himself,

on his guitar.

I love this one.

You know Pete Townshend?

He's the guitar player of The Who.

What's "The Who"?

It's a band.

You know, like The Rolling Stones.

"The Rolling Stones"?

Never mind.

What does your family

think about you and Samir?

My Aunt Ruth spit in my face.

Said I was going to bed with the enemy.

How can you love an Arab man then?

How can I not? He's great.

Smart. Sweet. And he loves me.

And he kisses like an angel.

How does an angel kiss?

What are you doing?

Hello.

Abba, this is Miral.

- Hi. Hi, Miral, how are you?

- Good.

- Where are you from?

- Jerusalem.

Miral, what kind of a name is that?

It's the name of a red flower,

it grows on the side of the road.

You've probably seen millions of them.

It's a Persian name,

but I'm Palestinian.

You mean Israeli.

No. I mean Palestinian.

- She's Samir's cousin.

- Well, I need to talk with you.

But I have a friend here. Huh?

OK. I'll talk with you later.

Bye bye, Miral.

I'm so sorry. He thinks

that all Palestinians are terrorists.

I have to go. I have to get back.

OK, I drive you. Huh?

Where are you going, girls?

Jerusalem.

OK, go.

This is good. Stop here.

I live close by.

Maybe next time you can meet my father.

Thank you.

Bye.

Miral, wait.

Have you seen Hani?

You don't know? He's a traitor.

- Be careful, he gave names.

- That is ridiculous.

If people see you with him,

they will suspect you too.

Come on, Yasmin. You know him.

I don't believe this.

You watch yourself.

You're freed in less than 24 hours.

People know about you too.

You hear from him, let us know.

My angel.

I'm glad you're home.

I am. I got you some kunafeh.

Oh!

- And it's warm.

- I know, it's fresh.

I'm going to stay here now and take

care of you like you took care of me.

I am so sorry for upsetting you, Papa.

Seeing you does my heart good.

Papa, thank you for taking me to Hind.

For protecting and loving me.

I am so proud to be your daughter.

I love you, Papa.

I love you too.

Let's not stay here, come on.

I missed you.

I missed you so much.

I missed you too.

You look so beautiful.

- I look terrible.

- No.

They warned me about you.

Told me you were a traitor

and you gave names to the Israelis.

But I didn't believe them.

No. They're trying to discredit me

because I changed my position

about the negotiations.

It is not only me, many have changed.

And there's a real fracture

inside the PLO because of it.

I didn't give anybody any names.

- I know.

- The Israelis are looking for me.

I didn't believe them anyway.

They're meeting every day.

Both here, in Jerusalem, and in Oslo

talking about the partition.

I really believe this time

it could work.

How can you say that?

Miral, this road is too bloody.

It has no exit.

We'll accept 22 percent of the land.

It's more than what we have now.

We can't go on fighting forever.

Twenty-two percent?

Why can't it be

one country for everybody?

Where we all have the same rights.

You know, real democracy,

like in New York City.

It's too soon for that.

We should have two states.

An Israeli and a Palestinian one.

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