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Why? We paid for the flight.

What do you mean? I'm not paying.

Sure you are.

Okay.

No, I'm not.

Hello. Come in.

Welcome home.

Enjoy it.

Oh,

that's

a great idea.

Isn't it fantastic?

Yeah, it is.

It's amazing what you can do when you change your mind.

You can create all sorts of happy things.

Yeah, that's right.

No more guns. No more war. I'm in my happy place.

And if you're ever in trouble, just ask for a key.

That's right.

A key.

A key.

A key.

Okay, mama. Do you remember this video camera?

Yes. I wonder what happened to it.

I have no idea, mama.

It was a long time ago. Are you sure you dropped off Crystal's meow munch? Yes,

meow munch. Your 20 -page instructional. 18 pages.

Don't exaggerate. Okay, 18 pages. Maria has it all.

I don't know why you insist on calling her your sister. Because it's true.

Look, I need to go over the security again.

Yes, yes.

Now, when they come and ask me, are you a terrorist?

Shh.

I will say, no, I'm not.

This is very serious.

Did you delete your WhatsApp?

I did it in front of you. Yeah, but did you download it again?

No.

Look, I'm just doing what Jalo asked me to do.

Be polite and relax, but don't relax too much.

All right?

Maintain eye contact.

Good posture. Never cross your legs.

And then don't forget, smile.

That's too much, Mom. That's too much. What are you doing?

That's not a smile. No, no, no, Mom. Look at me like this. You look...

Mom, you don't ever smile like that. You look constipated. You know what? Just

try not to frown.

Okay? No frowning.

Just regular face.

You get your green card and immediately come to Israel.

Why? To visit my family.

Your parents were born here?

Yes. What was your father's name? Mustafa Najjar.

And his father?

Abdullah. And your great -grandfather, what was his name?

No.

Ibrahim. That was his name.

Great -grandfather's name is Ibrahim.

Give me your bag.

What is this shit?

How old are you?

40. I need to see your phone.

What's your code?

I don't have a code because I have nothing to hide.

Do you wear this?

I didn't mean to back that. Why do you have this? I like to go bird watching.

What is your occupation?

You said occupation.

You're trying to be funny?

I work in telecom.

But who employs you? The company?

Houston Mobile. What is that? A cell phone shop?

You sell phone cases, screen protectors, things like that?

Way more than that. Import, export, LCD screens, different parts for different

phones. It's a wide variety.

I understand.

You want to sound like a big deal.

This is temporary.

I'm bringing my business back.

Okay. And what business is that?

Olive oil.

I have one question.

Where are you from?

I'm Israeli.

No, I mean, where did your grandparents come from?

My grandparents are from Spain. Spain. I was born here, my family was born here,

yet you're questioning me.

What is your point?

Point was made.

This partition wall is monstrous. It just goes for miles.

It's struggle and pain.

They just want to be free of this wall.

Yeah, make hummus, not walls.

Mama, where do those houses have red rooftops?

Those, Habibi, are mustawtana, settlements.

This is our country. See how beautiful it is?

Gentlemen. Look at the olive trees.

What's happening looks like we're pulling up to the checkpoint Hey, how

don't have to go in that way because we have Israeli plate numbers on the car

I'm already sick of these checkpoints, and we just got here.

I'm just glad we're almost there.

I can't wait to go to see Don and Ted in this house.

This is all my childhood memories here.

You have to protect this book.

I know someone that would be very happy to steal that.

Why is your wife not here with us?

She doesn't like us?

Fake marriage.

According to the U .S. government, it's real.

He lied to the U .S. government.

And the government never lied.

We need all the help we can get this year with the harvest.

I was thinking about Santa Clara.

If we get the olive oil from Burin and import it to Houston, we can bottle it

and sell it there.

Why?

What?

Why?

I

was

thinking we could all go to Jerusalem and pray together.

Not even for one day?

Imagine yourself inside your house. You can't go between the bedroom and the

living room. Unless you're a soldier.

What kind of life is this?

Why are you afraid of them?

No, nothing happens.

Nothing, nothing. When I go out by myself, nothing happens.

And if I see a settler, what are you looking at?

You'll run away.

Run away from me.

Don't come near me.

And then they'll run away. I'll run away.

Oh, my God.

Yusra, take Samir and take us to his house. Come on, Samir, come on. Come on,

Samir, come on.

Come on, Samir, come on. Come on, Samir, come on. Come on, Samir, come on.

Come on,

Samir,

come on.

Do you see the red houses up there on the hill?

The settlements, right?

Yes, the settlements.

Down here is the city of the mosque.

The mosque that your father used to pray in.

Mosques, mosques, mosques. No one used to pray there.

I pray in the same mosque.

Do you see all this land?

Yes.

This is all our land. May God bless you.

You, your brother, your sister, your children, and the rest of you.

Well, Khabib, isn't all the land empty?

We can't do anything about it, Khabib.

Anything you want to do, you have to do it.

You build, or you make a factory, or a factory, or anything.

95 % of the statements are rejected.

It's not just that.

And they boast in the church that 95 % of the statements are rejected.

Let's go.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

What do you want? I just want to show you something. What do you want?

I can't believe it.

A British -Palestinian passport.

Zidu. I saw this in my dreams.

Good morning, mom.

Don't be upset.

Mom, mom.

Samir.

Where did you find this key?

It was in the wall.

This is the key to Sita and Teta's home in Haifa before they were forced out.

I've dreamt about that key.

This key?

No.

Uh, is this key?

I've been having dreams with Teta and Sita over the last year.

Maybe your mama, they're watching over you.

In America, I follow them, I keep them.

Impossible, Khaled. These are here, and they stay here.

Can you take a picture of me and my grandmother together?

Take it. Okay.

Thank you.

Mohammed,

why do you want to do this?

What do you mean, why?

You live in America, you can do anything there, so why just sell olive oil?

It's not right there.

Okay, you need real capital to do anything in America.

Okay,

fair point.

What would you do if you were in America? What would you do?

Uber. Uber?

I hear they put a great tip. This is what you want to do? You want to go all

over America so you can be a taxi?

Yeah, man. Here, they don't tip.

I saw on the video that they are really, really good with tips.

Is that Mama?

So what?

What do you mean, so what? I've never seen her ride a horse. I didn't know she

rode horses.

I thought everyone in Texas rides horses.

It's not like that.

Can you hear that?

Yeah, what is that? What is that?

You know,

my feelings hurt more than my actual eyes. I can't believe I got pepper

Oh, yeah, that's good.

I'm proud of you.

It makes me so happy to see you happy, Momo.

When I saw you riding on that horse, I couldn't believe my eyes.

And that's my mom.

Why didn't you tell me?

I never told you a lot of things.

Did Baba know you rode horses?

Of course.

He saw me riding a horse like a princess, and he fell in love with me.

Really? No, of course. It was arranged.

Mama, you know at the airport when they asked me Baba's grandfather's name and I

didn't know it.

It's okay, Mama.

It's not okay.

You should know where you come from.

It's okay, Mama.

He's inside here.

I love you, Mama.

Answer it.

Allah is the

Greatest.

Allah is the Greatest.

Allah is the Greatest. Allah is

the Greatest.

I shall...

May God bless you, dear Muhammad.

My name is Mohammed Najjar.

Who is your father?

My father is Mustafa Najjar.

Are you the son of Mustafa Najjar?

Yes. Why don't you say it from the beginning?

What do I say? I don't know.

Do you know my father?

God bless you. God bless you.

Your father, Mustafa, opened the first electronics

store in Bahrain. Really?

Oh, he was fixing televisions, radios, washers, and phones.

He was an engineer. He was an engineer. He was fixing phones and electronics.

Do you know who installed the sound and microphones in this mosque?

No, who? Your father did. My father installed them?

Your father did. No one knows anything about electronics.

We used to plant antennas and water them.

He graduated and returned with his certificates.

And we learned how to use these things.

Your success was the success of all of us.

And all of you are proud of it.

But you are the one who should be the most proud of it.

Because he is your father.

Of course, God bless Moses.

Hamad. Here he comes.

You're welcome,

uncle.

Have you seen Samir? I can't find him anywhere.

He doesn't know where he's going.

He's from the settlement.

I'll take him back. I'll bring him back.

What are

you

going to do, huh?

I have an American accent. I'll just be like a super American guy. I was just

walking around and I saw your son. He was just wandering off. Does he belong

anybody here by chance?

and I'm wearing an Astros hat, it's going to be believable.

Of course, of course.

Astros hats equal two -state solution.

What are you talking about?

Shut up.

What other plan do we have? Tell me.

Tell me. They don't know me.

It's the only way to cover you, right?

Don't you live on top of that hill there? It'd be really great if you just

walked yourself in, you know?

You know, a kid like you or a guy like me, there's a bad look around here. I

didn't want it that way, but it is.

Where are you? Svika!

Svika?

Svika! Svika, is that you?

Svika?

Hey, hey, hey!

Svika! Come here, Speaker.

Hey, man.

Hey, hey, hey. Tell me what you're doing with my son.

I'm just trying to help, okay? I'm unarmed. Tell me or I'll blow your

head off. I'll do anything with it. I'm just bringing it back to you.

Don't lie to me.

How do you know my name?

What?

It's Akiva. How do you know?

Your name's... Your name's Akiva?

Yeah.

Your son told me.

My son doesn't talk.

Don't you fucking lie to me. Don't lie to me. I am lying. I'm lying. You're

lying. Right, right. I've just been having these dreams about a key and a

and if you're in trouble, ask for a key.

And that's why I said that. That's it. So I just used it. He followed my

to my aunt's house and I'm just bringing it back.

My son here.

He won this.

You're welcome.

All of a sudden, his dad came out of nowhere with his machine gun. What are

doing with my son?

And I grabbed the barrel of the gun like this, and I said, nobody has to die

today.

I looked him in his eyes. I said, Akiva, we're not going to do this.

We're not going to do this.

He was like, how did you know?

And I said, it just popped up. Like, it was a beautiful mind. It just showed

itself. Stop the bullshit. Let me stop the bullshit.

This lie is bigger than my ambitions. I was so scared. It was so scary.

I was terrified.

I was terrified. He did have a gun.

He did have a gun on me, though.

Whoa. This is for you.

Mama, that's the picture I was showing Mama on the plane.

It's the same camp quarter.

Michael Jackson.

Wait,

wait, wait. Here, watch, watch.

Here's Baba. Here's Baba.

You're still watching?

What's the matter, Habibi?

I don't know. I just thought things would be different.

I said I'm back at the job that I got fired from, Momo.

I mean, Bob was a telecommunications engineer.

He was innovative. He worked on wireless communication. I mean, he was ahead of

his time.

If he saw where technology is today, he would just lose his mind.

I'm telling folks, he says, Mama.

Listen, Mama.

Your father had a degree. It's true.

But his degree when he came to America meant nothing because he had to start

over again and open the 99 -cent store.

Your father is like you.

He saw himself through the world's eyes.

And in the world's eyes, he was a simple man with a small shop.

And I believe that's what killed his soul because he was too proud, just like

you.

But it was never true.

Because his worth, our worth, came from Allah.

Do you think Allah cares what degree you have or what passport you carry?

Hamoudi, the world will always try to tear us

down.

And when they do...

Father,

if he was alive, he would be very proud.

Good evening, sir.

My thoughts?

See you soon. Thank you.

What's going on? One moment

With your clothes on.

Easy.

What is this, huh?

It's an old video camera from the 80s.

What's the matter, huh? Is your phone too easy to use?

My uncle gave it to me.

Used to belong to my father. It was your father's old junk, huh?

What's on this, huh?

It's an old family video.

My mom and dad are on that, alright?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, don't do this.

It's the only video of my dad.

Don't do this, please.

Please don't do this.

Oops.

The world will always try to tear us down.

And when they do, it's mine.

Because we know who we are.

I wish I knew how it would be to be

free.

I wish I could break all the chains holding me.

I wish I could say all the things that I should say.

Say them loud, say them clear for the whole round world

to hear.

I wish I could share all the love that's in my

heart.

Remove all the bars that keep us apart.