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‐ All right, Mom.
Thanks for dropping me off.
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‐ Shall I wait for you?
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‐ No, um, Mohammed's gonna do
his katb‐ketab right after prayer, so...
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‐ I don't understand.
Why is he getting married before you?
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‐ Okay. I gotta go.
MAYSA: Hey.
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Maybe you can find a girl in there.
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‐ I'm not gonna flirt with girls
at the mosque.
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‐ Why not?
The girls in there are high quality.
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‐ The mosque is for praying,
it's not for picking people up.
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It's, like, a bunch of families too,
and you can't just
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walk up to a Muslim girl and, like,
start spitting game or something.
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Wh‐What am I supposed to say? Like,
"Hey, can I get your father's number?"
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‐ Yes. Why not?
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‐ I‐I gotta go. I'm gonna be late.
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‐ Ramy, do you want to stay alone forever?
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‐ No, Mom, I‐I don't.
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Just 'cause I'm not with someone doesn't
mean I'm gonna be alone forever, okay?
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I‐I'm... I'm just figuring it out, okay?
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‐ Hey.
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[ chatter ]
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[ chatter ]
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[ water running ]
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[ gargling ]
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[ chatter ]
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‐ [ speaking Arabic ]
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‐ Halal?
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‐ Listen, man, I don't know
what you're talking about. I just...
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‐ Actually, I think we should just
go catch prayers, 'cause...
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‐ [ speaking Arabic ]
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I think God knows what's in my heart.
I don't think I have to...
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[ water running ]
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‐ [ speaking Arabic ]
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What the‐‐
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[ man chanting prayers ]
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[ theme music plays ]
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‐ Welcome, beloved...
[ speaking in Arabic ]
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Today you are here as family
and as intimate companions
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to witness the joining
of Mohammed and Yasmeen.
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‐ You're gonna die alone, bro.
‐ What?
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‐ Yeah.
‐ He's right, Ramy.
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You're running out of options.
‐ Dude...
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‐ There's only two hot Muslim girls
left in town,
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and they'll be gone
by the end of the year.
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‐ Are you talking about Fatima
and Hadiya, bro?
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AHMED: Yeah.
‐ They are not hot.
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‐ To me they are.
‐ You need to get your eyes checked.
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Go and get some LASIK. They're not hot.
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You need to go outside of the network
if you want to find quality.
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‐ Dude, I'm fine. It's not a big deal.
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‐ My cousin had to do that.
It took forever, man.
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Finally, my aunt found him
a girl in Ohio.
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‐ Look...
MO: Yeah, but now he lives in Ohio.
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Ohio sucks.
WOMAN: Shh!
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‐ Okay‐‐ Sorry. It's just...
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‐ Look, you need to find a girl ASAP,
okay?
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ASAP. You're getting old, bro,
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and your hairline is not looking good.
‐ It's fine...
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‐ You're gonna be on Muslim Match,
swiping through divorced chicks.
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You're gonna be raising
other people's babies.
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‐ All right, can we just stop, man?
All right? I... There's nothing...
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Bro, it's way worse than I thought.
RAMY: Listen!
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Stop, stop. It's fine. Listen...
MO: It's not fine. You got a situation.
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Your curls are not gonna save you.
RAMY: Okay, listen...
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‐ There's only so much they can cover.
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‐ I don't have to find a Muslim girl,
all right?
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I've actually been seeing this girl Chloe
for a little bit, and it's going well.
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‐ No! Are you out of your mind?
‐ He must be!
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‐ White girls suck, bro.
You can't keep dating 'em.
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One, they're always
walking around barefoot.
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‐ That's crazy.
‐ They have no morals.
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‐ No morals.
‐ And they're always jumping in stuff.
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‐ Always.
‐ What do you mean, "jumping in stuff"?
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‐ They're just jumping in stuff
that's none of their business, man.
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They skinny‐dip. You don't want
a wife that skinny‐dips.
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You want a wife that swims
at normal times, with proper attire.
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Not this nakedness.
You need to find someone
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who knows where you came from
and what you believe in.
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And someone who's hot.
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[ Ramy scoffs ]
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‐ Just have your parents hook it up.
They keep tabs on everyone.
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That's what I did.
It's the best decision I made.
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‐ Shh!
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‐ I'm sorry, baby.
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She's so hot.
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My mom did that.
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‐ These guys are idiots.
‐ Hey.
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‐ But everything they said is true.
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AHMED:
White girls suck.
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You don't want to do that.
You don't want to go down that road.
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♪ You're sleeping in my bed ♪
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♪ Even when I'm not at home ♪
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♪ I have to make some money ♪
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♪ While you're in sheets all alone ♪
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[ rustling ]
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CHLOE: Ramy?
‐ Um... [ chuckles]
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‐ What are you doing?
‐ I was just...
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‐ Are you... Is that the condom
that we just used?
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‐ Yeah, I was just, you know...
‐ Cleaning it? Or...
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‐ I was just checking if there was
any holes in it. You know...
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‐ Why would there be a hole?
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‐ You ever see the way they ship
these things? It's, like, on a truck.
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There's, like, a bunch of dudes.
And, like, who are those dudes?
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Like, I don't know them,
you don't know... You know?
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So this just... just to make sure
that there isn't a faulty one.
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‐ And you do this, like,
every time we have sex?
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‐ Yeah, I mean, it just...
it just takes a sec.
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‐ I don't know why, but I feel, like,
kind of offended.
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‐ Chloe, this doesn't have to
get weird, okay?
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‐ Oh, I'm making it weird?
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‐ No, no. There's... There's nothing
to worry about.
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It's just... It's just so that
we don't have to worry.
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‐ Even if, like, something crazy happened,
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you know I'm on the Pill, right?
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And if the Pill didn't work,
we'd do the responsible thing
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and, like, take care of it.
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‐ Yeah, but we can't
just take care of it, right?
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I mean, we don't even
really know what it is.
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I mean, look, I'm‐I'm totally
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pro women getting to choose
what to do with their bodies.
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I am. But I'm Muslim, so I'm just
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pro us not having to make that choice.
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‐ No, like, you're Muslim, I thought,
in the way that I'm Jewish.
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Like, it's a cultural thing.
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I didn't know that you were Muslim‐Muslim.
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‐ Yeah.
CHLOE: You drink.
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Religious Muslims don't drink.
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‐ I actually... don't drink.
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‐ The other night we out at the bar,
and you bought the entire table drinks.
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‐ Yeah, but mine was a Coke.
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‐ Tonight I asked you,
"Do you want another glass of wine?"
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You were like, "No, I'm at my limit."
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‐ Well, I was at my limit.
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My limit's just none,
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'cause I'm Muslim.
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‐ Oh. Okay.
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So you get girls drunk
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and stay sober so you can sleep with them.
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‐ What?
‐ That feels kind of date‐rape‐y.
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‐ That's not what I do.
That's not date‐rape‐y.
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If anything, I'm taking alcohol
out of the equation.
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I'm like a designated driver.
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I'm your... like a‐‐ like, a friend.
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‐ So why are you hiding
everything from me?
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‐ Look, Chloe, it's just...
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I've met girls who seem open‐minded,
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and then they're not.
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‐ And you think that's me.
RAMY: No, I... no, I just...
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I thought maybe you'd be into the idea
of me being culturally different
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but hate that I actually believe in God.
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‐ I don't care that you're Muslim.
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I care that you've been lying to me.
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[ melancholic music plays ]
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STEVE: This Muslim Tinder is awesome.
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Dude, why did you swipe "no" on her?
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You're swiping "no"
on all the girls that have scarves.
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‐ Dude, no, it's just, she's not my vibe.
‐ You're a fuckin' racist.
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‐ How is that racist?
Head scarf's not a race,
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it's‐it's something that people wear.
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‐ Oh, I love when they're all covered
from their head to their toe like that.
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Yo, that mystery is sexy.
‐ That's disgusting.
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‐ Have you ever dated a Muslim girl?
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‐ No, I haven't, and...
that's‐that's why I'm doing this.
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I'm trying to meet someone,
you know, different.
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‐ You're such a racist.
‐ How is that racist, dude?
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Islam's not a race,
it's‐it's something you believe in.
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‐ You don't believe in shit.
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Right. Don't... Right.
RAMY: I don't... I don't like her.
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‐ How do you know? How do you know?
‐ If I went right, that would be racist.
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‐ You're looking at a picture.
‐ That would be racist,
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'cause I don't like her.
‐ You're looking at a picture.
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‐ That's the whole point of this thing.
‐ You're a shallow fuck.
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Thank you.
‐ [ sighs ]
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[ Maysa chuckles ]
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Yep, yep.
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[ Dena chuckles ]
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‐ You know, uh, Mohammed's katb‐ketab
was really nice the other day.
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‐ Yeah, she's cute.
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‐ Big nose.
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[ speaking in Arabic ]
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FAROUK: [ speaks Arabic ]
‐ I thought you were gonna come, Dena.
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‐ Nah.
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‐ Well... it was really cool,
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just... seeing him so happy,
you know, that he found someone.
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‐ When Allah wills it, it is easy.
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[ video game beeping ]
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‐ Yeah, so I was thinking...
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maybe it's time
that Allah wills it for me.
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‐ What? Habibi!
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‐ You know, like, to... be with someone?
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‐ Are you fucking kidding me?
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‐ You had one lonely day
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at a wedding,
and now you want Mom to set you up?
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‐ This has nothing to do with you.
DENA: Of course it does.
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If you get married, they're gonna start
putting pressure on me to start a family
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and stare at my stomach like
it's the answer to their midlife crisis.
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I don't need that shit right now.
‐ Calm down.
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‐ You don't even have a real job.
RAMY: What?
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‐ You do nothing
at a start‐up that does nothing.
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‐ Habibti, they are starting up.
Give them a chance.
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‐ Thank you, Mom.
FAROUK: Ramy...
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‐ What are you doing?
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FAROUK:
...being with a Muslim woman
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is not an easy thing.
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You have to take her seriously, hmm?
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She's not like, uh, the others, hmm?
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Are you sure you are ready
for something like that?
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MAYSA: [ speaking in Arabic ]
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My little man became a big man!
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‐ Bullshit. You're just filling this void
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inside of you with a woman,
and it's ruining my life.
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Fuck you, Ramy. Stupid bitch.
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MAYSA: Dena!
‐ I mean, she's... she's out of control.
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‐ So who is she?
‐ Yeah.
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‐ I actually haven't met anyone yet. I...
I thought that you guys could hook it up.
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‐ "Hook it up"?
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‐ Yeah. Do you know anyone?
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‐ Who do I know?
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I don't know anyone.
I know who you know.
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‐ We'll find you a girl, whoever you want.
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Do you want her covered, uncovered?
You tell me.
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‐ Um...
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uncovered.
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‐ Good choice.
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‐ Mom, please don't call me that anymore.
‐ Yeah.
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‐ We have to find you one
before you lose your hair like...
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[ quiet string music plays ]
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[ hookah bubbling ]
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‐ [ coughs ]
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So, have you lived in Jersey
your whole life?
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‐ No, no. You're here for her, not me.
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I'm just the chaperone.
Pretend I'm not even here.
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‐ Okay. Nour, uh, you're from Jersey?
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CHAPERONE:
Born and raised.
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‐ My mom said that, uh,
you're an accountant.
236
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‐ Yeah. My mom said you worked
in a start‐up or something.
237
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‐ Ye‐‐
‐ Too much small talk. More personal.
238
00:14:03,268 --> 00:14:05,063
‐ So how did you pick this restaurant?
239
00:14:05,063 --> 00:14:07,569
You think because I'm Egyptian,
I like to eat Egyptian food?
240
00:14:08,403 --> 00:14:12,119
‐ You know, I just figured you probably
had a lot of homemade Egyptian food,
241
00:14:12,119 --> 00:14:15,375
but I really wanted you to taste it
when it's made by...
242
00:14:15,375 --> 00:14:17,087
the Russian guys in the kitchen here.
243
00:14:17,087 --> 00:14:18,340
[ laughs ]
244
00:14:18,340 --> 00:14:20,344
‐ Yeah, no, the bread here is actually...
245
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‐ Yo! Fuckin' Ramy! Look at this guy!
JOHNNY: This motherfucker!
246
00:14:23,559 --> 00:14:24,811
JOEY: How you doin'?
247
00:14:24,811 --> 00:14:26,064
JOHNNY: Bro, we haven't
seen you in forever!
248
00:14:26,064 --> 00:14:27,776
How's it going?
JOEY: You too good to call my sister?
249
00:14:27,776 --> 00:14:29,905
Get out of here! Yo, how you doin?
250
00:14:29,905 --> 00:14:32,034
My name's Joey. This is Johnny.
‐ How's it going?
251
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‐ Hi. I'm Nour.
‐ You guys try the falafels yet?
252
00:14:34,413 --> 00:14:36,627
They're bomb as shit. Come on.
‐ Bomb as fuckin' shit.
253
00:14:36,627 --> 00:14:39,215
‐ I wouldn't lie about that.
‐ Unbelievable. What are you guys up to?
254
00:14:39,215 --> 00:14:41,135
What's going up?
‐ Just... hanging out.
255
00:14:41,135 --> 00:14:44,100
‐ Ah, no. What you're actually doing
is coming with us to Dante's.
256
00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:46,104
We got a big group.
‐ Gonna dance a little bit.
257
00:14:46,104 --> 00:14:48,693
‐ Sure, yeah. Maybe we'll just, like,
meet you there later.
258
00:14:48,693 --> 00:14:50,571
‐ You want to meet these people
at Dante's?
259
00:14:51,573 --> 00:14:54,453
‐ No, no, no. I‐I was just...
‐ Listen to me.
260
00:14:54,453 --> 00:14:57,084
You don't want to go to Dante's
on a Friday.
261
00:14:57,084 --> 00:14:59,506
What you want to do is go to P. J.'s.
262
00:15:00,340 --> 00:15:02,512
Very hard to get into. Tell the guy
263
00:15:02,512 --> 00:15:04,850
at the door you know Masoud.
264
00:15:04,850 --> 00:15:07,021
He'll get you in.
‐ All right, thanks.
265
00:15:07,021 --> 00:15:09,609
‐ You know, it sounds like
it's really hard to get into.
266
00:15:09,609 --> 00:15:11,195
‐ It is.
NOUR: And I feel like
267
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they really need you right now.
268
00:15:13,033 --> 00:15:16,957
‐ Yeah, uh, you know, they probably need
a connection to get in.
269
00:15:16,957 --> 00:15:18,627
‐ [ snaps fingers ]
That's true.
270
00:15:18,627 --> 00:15:21,466
It took me many years
to get an "in" at P. J.'s.
271
00:15:21,466 --> 00:15:23,679
‐ No, no, listen. It's no problem.
‐ Wait, wait. What's happening?
272
00:15:23,679 --> 00:15:26,476
‐ No, no. I insist.
I'll be your chaperone.
273
00:15:26,476 --> 00:15:29,440
Huh? Let's go.
‐ Little funny. All right. Okay.
274
00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,279
‐ [ chattering ]
JOEY: Be good, Ramy.
275
00:15:33,657 --> 00:15:35,620
‐ Relax a little bit, man.
276
00:15:35,620 --> 00:15:38,333
You're carrying a lot of tension.
277
00:15:38,333 --> 00:15:40,337
You seem like a good guy,
278
00:15:40,337 --> 00:15:43,426
but she's not gonna see the real you
if you're so wound up.
279
00:15:44,345 --> 00:15:45,388
‐ Okay.
280
00:15:46,432 --> 00:15:48,144
‐ Wow. [ chuckles ]
281
00:15:48,144 --> 00:15:50,440
‐ Oh, so your cousin's a...
282
00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,987
‐ Yeah.
RAMY: ...really interesting guy.
283
00:15:52,987 --> 00:15:55,450
‐ He's not really my cousin.
He's just one of those, you know...
284
00:15:55,450 --> 00:15:57,705
‐ Oh, like an Arab cousin?
NOUR: Yes.
285
00:15:57,705 --> 00:16:00,503
‐ Yeah, just, like, anyone
that your dad's ever met.
286
00:16:00,503 --> 00:16:04,135
‐ Yeah. His dad fixed my dad's
transmission two years ago, so...
287
00:16:04,135 --> 00:16:07,099
‐ Oh, yeah, no, that's definitely
a cousin. He might even be an uncle,
288
00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:10,063
just 'cause the transmission's
such a big part of the car.
289
00:16:10,063 --> 00:16:12,652
I mean, that's... that's family forever.
290
00:16:15,868 --> 00:16:18,037
RAMY: Look, I know it was terrible,
291
00:16:18,037 --> 00:16:21,670
but the day the Muslim ban happened,
I had a really good day.
292
00:16:21,670 --> 00:16:24,593
‐ [ laughs ] Oh, come on.
‐ Like, personally, you know?
293
00:16:24,593 --> 00:16:27,724
It was just, like, one of those days.
Remember, the weather was great.
294
00:16:27,724 --> 00:16:29,476
I killed it at this meeting.
295
00:16:29,476 --> 00:16:33,026
I found a Metro card
that had $120 on it.
296
00:16:33,026 --> 00:16:34,696
‐ Okay, wow.
‐ That doesn't happen.
297
00:16:34,696 --> 00:16:36,324
‐ Yeah, that sounds like
a really good day.
298
00:16:36,324 --> 00:16:38,036
‐ It was weird,
'cause I'm watching the news
299
00:16:38,036 --> 00:16:41,292
and this guy on TV is like,
"This is a terrible day for all Muslims."
300
00:16:41,292 --> 00:16:44,716
I'm like, "Well, not all Muslims."
301
00:16:44,716 --> 00:16:47,889
‐ You know what? You're right.
Because I have this, um, uncle
302
00:16:47,889 --> 00:16:50,352
that lives in Libya, and he was
supposed to come live with us,
303
00:16:50,352 --> 00:16:53,817
and then the Muslim ban happened,
and he's still in Libya.
304
00:16:53,817 --> 00:16:56,155
‐ See? It was a good day for you too.
‐ Yeah. [ chuckles ]
305
00:16:56,155 --> 00:16:57,951
And he was supposed to
take my room too.
306
00:16:57,951 --> 00:17:00,748
‐ Oh! He was gonna make you a refugee?
‐ [ chuckles ]
307
00:17:00,748 --> 00:17:03,253
‐ Yeah, and that room is, like,
really important to me.
308
00:17:03,253 --> 00:17:04,881
‐ 'Course.
‐ I have a lot of memories in there.
309
00:17:04,881 --> 00:17:06,384
NSYNC posters.
‐ Mm.
310
00:17:06,384 --> 00:17:08,346
‐ My dad gave us the sex talk
in that room.
311
00:17:08,346 --> 00:17:10,141
‐ Oh, man. What was yours like?
312
00:17:10,141 --> 00:17:13,314
‐ It was, like, pretty standard
Arab dad talk, you know?
313
00:17:13,314 --> 00:17:15,987
He got us all in the room,
and then he said,
314
00:17:15,987 --> 00:17:19,285
"Girls, no boys. Boys, no boys,"
315
00:17:19,285 --> 00:17:21,163
and then he just walked out the room.
‐ Wow.
316
00:17:21,163 --> 00:17:23,293
That's, like, really efficient.
It's, like, everything,
317
00:17:23,293 --> 00:17:26,424
but he found a way to just...
zone in on it.
318
00:17:26,424 --> 00:17:30,307
‐ So, for something my mom helped set up,
this wasn't too bad.
319
00:17:30,307 --> 00:17:33,479
‐ Yeah. I mean, Tinder doesn't really
have shit on our moms.
320
00:17:33,479 --> 00:17:35,108
‐ [ laughs ]
321
00:17:38,824 --> 00:17:42,205
We should do this again.
‐ Yeah, definitely.
322
00:17:44,460 --> 00:17:45,921
NOUR: Right?
323
00:17:51,223 --> 00:17:52,810
‐ Get home safe, okay?
324
00:17:53,687 --> 00:17:55,566
‐ What, I don't get a good‐night kiss?
325
00:17:56,568 --> 00:17:59,365
‐ I just... I wasn't sure if you did that.
326
00:17:59,365 --> 00:18:02,079
‐ If I kissed?
RAMY: I mean, I'm sure you kiss.
327
00:18:02,079 --> 00:18:04,626
I just didn't know if, you know,
because we're, like, a...
328
00:18:23,162 --> 00:18:25,458
‐ Let's get in my car.
329
00:18:25,458 --> 00:18:27,379
‐ Okay.
330
00:18:32,180 --> 00:18:34,519
[ both moaning, panting ]
331
00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,415
Whoa, whoa. [ chuckles ]
332
00:18:45,415 --> 00:18:47,712
NOUR: You all right?
‐ Yeah.
333
00:18:47,712 --> 00:18:49,339
NOUR: Okay, good.
334
00:18:50,341 --> 00:18:51,970
Do you have a condom?
335
00:18:51,970 --> 00:18:54,266
‐ Uh, yeah, but, um... [ chuckles ]
336
00:18:55,477 --> 00:18:58,232
‐ What, you don't want to have sex?
‐ Yeah, but I‐I...
337
00:18:58,232 --> 00:19:01,322
I didn't know if‐if you could, you know,
just 'cause we're not married.
338
00:19:02,157 --> 00:19:04,286
‐ Oh, I‐I didn't even know
you were that strict.
339
00:19:04,286 --> 00:19:07,334
I mean, yeah, we can get married.
Um, my cousin does, like,
340
00:19:07,334 --> 00:19:09,798
nikahs over the phone if you want to do,
like, a temporary marriage.
341
00:19:09,798 --> 00:19:11,425
There's this imam she uses...
‐ No, no, no. I'm not...
342
00:19:11,425 --> 00:19:13,179
I don't think we should try and, like,
trick God or whatever.
343
00:19:13,179 --> 00:19:15,601
I just think maybe we should,
344
00:19:15,601 --> 00:19:17,229
you know, slow down?
345
00:19:17,229 --> 00:19:19,399
‐ Oh, okay. Yeah, we can take it slow.
‐ Yeah?
346
00:19:19,399 --> 00:19:20,694
‐ Yeah, of course.
‐ Okay.
347
00:19:20,694 --> 00:19:22,698
‐ Yeah, there are other things we can do.
‐ Okay.
348
00:19:22,698 --> 00:19:23,534
NOUR: Yeah.
349
00:19:34,388 --> 00:19:35,808
Yeah, right there.
350
00:19:36,852 --> 00:19:38,062
Yeah.
351
00:19:39,398 --> 00:19:41,318
[ panting ]
352
00:19:42,070 --> 00:19:43,699
Choke me while I finger myself.
353
00:19:45,034 --> 00:19:47,163
‐ What?
NOUR: I want you to choke me.
354
00:19:49,627 --> 00:19:51,965
‐ Um...
‐ Use both hands.
355
00:19:51,965 --> 00:19:54,344
‐ Um... okay.
356
00:19:54,888 --> 00:19:56,181
Are you sure?
‐ Yeah.
357
00:19:57,183 --> 00:19:58,520
‐ Okay.
‐ Harder.
358
00:20:00,064 --> 00:20:01,358
‐ Okay.
359
00:20:01,358 --> 00:20:03,070
‐ Like, actually harder.
It's not a massage.
360
00:20:03,070 --> 00:20:05,366
RAMY: Yeah, yeah, okay. Um...
361
00:20:05,366 --> 00:20:08,080
NOUR: Yeah. [ grunting ]
362
00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,876
[ moaning ]
363
00:20:13,007 --> 00:20:14,009
‐ I...
364
00:20:15,303 --> 00:20:16,723
[ gasping ]
365
00:20:17,349 --> 00:20:19,061
‐ No, no. Hey.
366
00:20:19,061 --> 00:20:20,856
NOUR: Don't stop.
367
00:20:20,856 --> 00:20:22,275
What?
‐ I don't want to do this.
368
00:20:22,275 --> 00:20:24,697
NOUR: No, what? Why?
‐ I'm not into choking. I don't...
369
00:20:24,697 --> 00:20:26,367
I don't want to choke you.
370
00:20:26,367 --> 00:20:27,601
‐ Oh, God.
371
00:20:29,164 --> 00:20:31,586
God, you're so full of shit.
‐ What?
372
00:20:34,174 --> 00:20:37,097
‐ It's not the choking that's the problem.
‐ Look, it's just our first date,
373
00:20:37,097 --> 00:20:38,850
and I feel like maybe this is happening...
374
00:20:38,850 --> 00:20:40,688
‐ What, you don't hook up
on the first date?
375
00:20:42,608 --> 00:20:44,152
Yeah, that's what I thought.
376
00:20:44,152 --> 00:20:47,492
‐ Look, this is, like, just throwing me
for a loop a little bit.
377
00:20:47,492 --> 00:20:49,454
I didn't think that a girl like you
was gonna want to, like...
378
00:20:49,454 --> 00:20:51,417
‐ A girl like me?
379
00:20:53,547 --> 00:20:55,341
Look, we had this, like,
really nice night,
380
00:20:55,341 --> 00:20:58,347
and you felt weirded out
by the idea of kissing me.
381
00:20:58,347 --> 00:21:00,226
I get it if you don't want to
have sex, but...
382
00:21:00,226 --> 00:21:02,606
I'm, like, in this
little Muslim box in your head,
383
00:21:02,606 --> 00:21:06,573
and I'm the wife
or the mother of your kids, right?
384
00:21:06,573 --> 00:21:08,159
I'm not supposed to cum.
385
00:21:09,453 --> 00:21:10,706
‐ Okay, I'll choke you.
386
00:21:10,706 --> 00:21:12,208
‐ God just get out of my car.
‐ No, I‐‐
387
00:21:12,208 --> 00:21:13,587
[ door slams shut ]
388
00:21:13,587 --> 00:21:15,632
[ engine starts ]
389
00:21:15,632 --> 00:21:16,885
Just...
390
00:21:21,005 --> 00:21:23,121
[ sad music plays ]
391
00:21:59,469 --> 00:22:01,223
I don't know what I'm doing, man.
392
00:22:03,018 --> 00:22:04,479
Like... [ chuckles ]
393
00:22:04,479 --> 00:22:08,404
I look at my parents
and how strong they are
394
00:22:08,404 --> 00:22:11,828
and how they just know
everything's gonna be okay, always,
395
00:22:11,828 --> 00:22:13,455
'cause they have God.
396
00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:17,088
And I believe in God.
397
00:22:18,424 --> 00:22:21,221
I really do, man. There's too many signs.
398
00:22:22,473 --> 00:22:26,190
Like, one time this girl texted me
399
00:22:26,190 --> 00:22:29,279
two minutes after I jerked off
to her Facebook photo.
400
00:22:30,114 --> 00:22:32,536
We didn't talk for months,
and then out of nowhere,
401
00:22:32,536 --> 00:22:34,247
she texted me "'Sup?"
402
00:22:35,918 --> 00:22:38,548
Like, you're gonna tell me
this shit isn't all connected?
403
00:22:42,598 --> 00:22:44,059
I know it is.
404
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,025
And, yeah, I have sex
even though I'm not married,
405
00:22:48,025 --> 00:22:51,741
and I'm probably gonna
try mushrooms one day.
406
00:22:51,741 --> 00:22:53,954
So what?
That means I'm not a good Muslim?
407
00:22:53,954 --> 00:22:56,250
Like, I can't do it 'cause I don't follow
408
00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:59,297
all the rules and the fucking judgments
409
00:22:59,297 --> 00:23:02,805
that are always just being put on us?
410
00:23:04,099 --> 00:23:05,560
And then...
411
00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:09,902
I do the same thing.
412
00:23:09,902 --> 00:23:13,660
I put the same fucking judgments
on everyone around me.
413
00:23:17,417 --> 00:23:21,759
I'm just, like, trying to be... good.
414
00:23:27,478 --> 00:23:29,149
Do you...
415
00:23:29,149 --> 00:23:33,157
Do you really think God cares
if I wash between my toes?
416
00:23:42,383 --> 00:23:44,179
‐ You jerk off too much.
417
00:23:45,389 --> 00:23:46,768
It's no good.
418
00:23:48,772 --> 00:23:50,191
No good at all.
419
00:23:52,946 --> 00:23:54,992
And wash between your toes.
420
00:23:57,455 --> 00:23:59,459
[ women laughing ]
421
00:23:59,459 --> 00:24:01,480
[ bittersweet music plays ]
422
00:24:29,603 --> 00:24:31,566
♪ Daylight sun born on a Sunday ♪
423
00:24:31,566 --> 00:24:33,611
♪ Pray right and soar to the sun rays ♪
424
00:24:33,611 --> 00:24:35,532
♪ See how, no me, just we now ♪
425
00:24:35,532 --> 00:24:37,536
♪ For you, all the dues that I can pay ♪
426
00:24:37,536 --> 00:24:39,582
♪ The whole world wanna
bathe in the champagne ♪
427
00:24:39,582 --> 00:24:41,502
♪ Be wild, so cheap and free now ♪
428
00:24:41,502 --> 00:24:44,132
♪ Can't lead but blame all the campaigns,
what a damn shame ♪
429
00:24:44,132 --> 00:24:45,552
♪ Whole game really manmade ♪
430
00:24:45,552 --> 00:24:47,430
♪ But our mother made us,
I will motivate us ♪
431
00:24:47,430 --> 00:24:49,434
♪ If a brother say
you will never live another day ♪
432
00:24:49,434 --> 00:24:51,981
♪ Be a man with a brave soul,
get a hold of your own space ♪
433
00:24:51,981 --> 00:24:54,277
♪ No one will save you,
you're my favorite ♪
434
00:24:54,277 --> 00:24:56,281
♪ Be modest, we're no saviors ♪
435
00:24:56,281 --> 00:24:59,370
♪ But you shine in a space that might
awaken many in a blinder day ♪
436
00:24:59,370 --> 00:25:01,208
♪ So pray you can find a way to say ♪
437
00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:04,380
[ chorus sings softly in background ]
438
00:25:04,380 --> 00:25:06,218
♪ I call my son Sun
cuz he shine like one ♪
439
00:25:06,218 --> 00:25:08,180
♪ Call my son Sun cuz he shine like one ♪
440
00:25:08,180 --> 00:25:10,267
♪ Call my son Sun
cuz he shine like one ♪
441
00:25:10,267 --> 00:25:12,146
♪ Call my son Sun cuz he shine like one ♪
442
00:25:12,146 --> 00:25:14,025
♪ Call my son Sun
cuz he shine like one ♪
443
00:25:14,025 --> 00:25:16,279
♪ Yeah, I call my son Sun
cuz he shine like one ♪
444
00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:26,634
♪ Nighttime son born on a Sunday ♪
445
00:25:26,634 --> 00:25:28,721
♪ I write rhymes
so I stay in my right mind ♪
446
00:25:28,721 --> 00:25:30,684
♪ Two aunts that will say
you are night's eye ♪
447
00:25:30,684 --> 00:25:32,688
♪ And the right mom,
as a kind, we are quite blind ♪
448
00:25:32,688 --> 00:25:34,065
♪ What a sight, you are right ♪
449
00:25:34,065 --> 00:25:36,152
♪ I'm on another plane going
to its' heights climb ♪
450
00:25:36,152 --> 00:25:38,031
♪ And when I hit the stage,
laying in the light lime ♪
451
00:25:38,031 --> 00:25:40,327
♪ I'm a young man, grown,
when I fight time ♪
452
00:25:40,327 --> 00:25:43,751
♪ Old wisdom, young fathers
don't listen at all ♪
453
00:25:43,751 --> 00:25:46,256
♪ Picture me as your soldier,
your martyr ♪
454
00:25:46,256 --> 00:25:48,343
♪ Your soul is my honor ♪
455
00:25:48,343 --> 00:25:50,765
♪ You go, boy! Hear that?
You go, boy! ♪
456
00:25:50,765 --> 00:25:52,351
♪ In a don't‐be‐you ploy ♪
457
00:25:52,351 --> 00:25:55,274
♪ Pray that it won't be cruel, boy,
don't do it if it doesn't feel true ♪
458
00:25:55,274 --> 00:25:56,861
♪ Be you, boy! ♪
459
00:25:56,861 --> 00:25:58,740
♪ [ child coos ] ♪