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Once it's open,

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then the very next day,

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it is no good.

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I'm only telling you this
'cause I love you, <i>habibti.</i>

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Okay.

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[ theme music plays ]

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DENA: Hey. Hi. Hey.
‐ Hi.

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‐ Mm, can I get a chai‐‐

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‐ A chai latte, double shot,
almond milk.

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[ Kyle clicks tongue ]

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All right.

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‐ What's today's artwork?

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‐ Oh, I was, uh, I was trying to remember

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these mountains I saw in Geneva.

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Went backpacking after undergrad
with some buddies.

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DENA: This is really cool.
KYLE: Right?

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I mean, I feel like it should
count toward my master's.

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‐ I mean, yeah. You should
definitely hand this in.

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KYLE: [ chuckles ] No.

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The fine arts head is,
um, pretty fucking ruthless,

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to be honest.
‐ I've heard that. That's true.

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‐ Yeah, I was backpacking for,
like, three years, and I'd draw

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people on the street to‐‐
to make my hostel money

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and get a little bit of food.

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‐ That's, like, the dream.
I always wanted

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to go to Europe after undergrad.

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‐ So why didn't you?
‐ I tried. I, like, planned

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this whole Asia‐Europe trip,
and then my parents freaked out,

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and they were like, "If you go
anywhere, you have to go to Egypt

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to see your cousins," so...

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‐ You're from Egypt?
DENA: Mm‐hmm.

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‐ That's really fucking cool.
‐ Yeah.

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Ah, the pyramids got kinda lame
after the third time.

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It's like when you realize
Times Square is not that cool.

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‐ So there's, like,
a giant H & M ad

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just on the side of the Sphinx.
DENA: Yeah.

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KYLE: Cool.
‐ Basically.

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‐ Oh, man. I'm sorry,
I feel like I don't even know

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what you're studying.

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‐ Um, I'm, I'm, uh, getting
my master's in anthro.

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‐ Mm.
DENA: Supposedly.

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I love it. It's just, like, the
reading gets so dense sometimes.

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I'm like,
I care about these people,

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but do I care about them
for this many paragraphs?

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[ both chuckle ]
DENA: I don't know...

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‐ Yeah, I‐I think that stuff's
fascinating.

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Like, um, I remember
I was in middle school,

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and we were learning about China,
and there's this chapter about, um,

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foot binding
they do to women's feet...

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‐ Oh, yeah.

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‐ ...and I went home
and took the laces out of my shoes

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and, uh, wrapped my feet up
like they did.

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‐ Whoa!

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KYLE: Yeah, just to see
what that'd be like.

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‐ That's, like, really empathetic.

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‐ Yeah. Um, I mean, I took them
off after, like, five minutes.

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[ both laugh ]

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But I'll never forget.
You know, that's the part that counts.

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DENA: That's a memory.
‐ Yeah.

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But, anyway...

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‐ Uh, yeah. Um, I'm gonna pay.

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‐ Oh, no, no, no. I got this.

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‐ No. Come on.
KYLE: No, really. I‐I...

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[ chuckles ] It's okay.

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It's, like, one drink.
‐ All right. Um...

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‐ Here, let me just finish this
real quick. Hold on.

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Cool.

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There you go.
‐ Thanks. Bye.

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‐ See ya.

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[ knock at door ]
RAMY: Dena!

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Hurry up.
I gotta use the bathroom.

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‐ Dude, just wait
your fucking turn! Stupid bitch.

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RAMY: Can you hurry up?
‐ I just got in here.

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[ moaning ]

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[ knock at door ]
MAYSA: Dena, hurry up!

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Your brother has been waiting
for so long.

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[ speaks Arabic ]
Dinner is ready.

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[ speaking Arabic ]

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FAROUK:
You know, Dena,

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I've been at the doctor's,

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and he told me that juice
has a lot of sugar in it.

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And, you know,
sugar is really bad for you.

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He said it's like a...
a food for cancer.

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‐ So do you not want me
to drink this juice?

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‐ That's not what I'm saying.

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I want you to do what you want to do.

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‐ Mm‐hmm.
FAROUK: Just be careful, <i>habibti.</i>

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<i>Habitbi,</i> try this... try this instead.
It's much better for you.

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‐ Yeah, I've tried water, Dad.
I know what it tastes like.

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‐ Ma, where are the keys?
I can't find them.

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‐ Where are you going?
‐ I'm going out.

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‐ Eat, <i>habibi.</i>
‐ Yeah, I got to go, though.

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MAYSA: At least take some
<i>baklawa</i> with you, okay?

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You'll be hungry later.
‐ <i>Baklawa's</i> filled with sugar.

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‐ No. No way.

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DENA: Yeah.
‐ It's natural. It's honey from bees.

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‐ It is honey.

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‐ Yeah.
‐ Yeah.

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‐ The keys are in my purse,
near the <i>baklawa.</i>

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RAMY: Uh.

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‐ Uh, okay. I'm going
to Fatima's tonight.

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‐ Again, Dena? This is
the second time this week.

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‐ I'm 25 years old.
Why is there a limit?

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Does anyone even care
where Ramy goes?

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You guys never ask him
where he is.

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‐ He just told me he's going out.
‐ Yeah, that's what I just said.

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‐ He literally gave you
no information.

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‐ Yeah, I'm gonna go. Love you, Mom.
‐ Love you, <i>habibi.</i>

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What time are you coming back?
RAMI: I don't‐‐ I don't know.

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MAYSA: Okay.
‐ I'm leaving.

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FAROUK:
Okay, Dena.

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Just don't be late.

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‐ [ speaks Arabic ] <i>Habibti,</i>
please, text me when you get there.

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‐ Okay, Mom.
MAYSA: [ speaking Arabic ]

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Please, soft on the driving.

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Careful with the brakes.

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‐ Okay, Mom.

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FATIMA: "You are so beautiful,
my princess. Please answer.

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I am looking for a partner in marriage."
‐ Oh no.

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‐ "Are you available?"

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SAHAR:
[ speaks Arabic ]

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[ in an exaggerated accent ]
"Give me chance for say hi."

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‐ That's my prince.
[ women laugh ]

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‐ Dena, you gotta get out
of that house.

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‐ Yes. One second, while I just get
some rich parents real quick.

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‐ You could move out. Okay,
you're choosing to stay there.

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‐ Guys, my parents are not gonna
let me move out

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before I'm married.

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I can't fuck until I'm married.

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So really I'm just fucked
until I'm married.

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SAHAR: You can just have sex here
like Fatima.

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‐ Wait, what?
‐ You fucking idiot.

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‐ You had sex?
‐ It just happened.

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‐ Wait, wait, wait, wait. When? With who?

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You're not even seeing anyone.

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‐ I didn't plan it out.
It was just...

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a guy, in my program.

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‐ Is he Muslim?
FATIMA: No, of course not. Come on.

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You know Muslim guys don't do
anything with Muslim women.

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‐ That's true.

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FATIMA: When you were dating
Tariq for three years,

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he was never gonna
have sex with you.

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‐ Mm.
FATIMA: Look,

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I was just like,
what am I waiting for?

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All of these Muslim guys
are fucking around,

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and they don't give a shit.

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Why am I so scared?

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And we're not supposed to be

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celibate this long, okay?

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It's unnatural.

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‐ You fucking loved it.

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‐ [ laughing ]
DENA: Well, like, I'm...

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Look, I'm happy for you,
you know, like, obviously.

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I just, like, I thought that
we were in this together.

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SAHAR:
Mm‐hmm.

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‐ And that's why I didn't wanna
tell you right away.

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‐ Have you also had sex?

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‐ No.

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‐ Good. Good.
FATIMA: Look,

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I don't think you should
do anything

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that you feel
uncomfortable with, but...

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it's not like your first time
is gonna be this

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fairytale <i>Notebook</i>
sex scene anyway.

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Okay?

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[ phone chimes ]
SAHAR: [ gasps ]

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Chinese food is here.

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‐ I'll get it. Who's the Postmate,
guy or girl?

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‐ Um, Antonio.

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‐ All right.
‐ All right.

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[ playful music plays ]

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[ woman singing
in Arabic ]

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‐ Sure nobody's home?
DENA: No, no.

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They're gone for a few hours.

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‐ You're so fucking hot.

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I've been wanting this for so long.
‐ Me too.

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‐ I see you at the student center,
and I'm like, "Fuck.

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I just wanna taste her."

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[ laughing ]

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‐ Oh!

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‐ [ eager grunting ]

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‐ Um, you know what?

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Let's just have sex.

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‐ Yep.

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How do you want me?

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‐ What do you mean?
KYLE: Like,

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what position?

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‐ Um, whatever.

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I'm cool with, like,
any of them.

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‐ What...
Have you done this before?

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‐ What do you mean?

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‐ Like, have you done anything?

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‐ Um... [ gasps ]
MAYSA: Dena, have you seen

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this video on YouTube?
DENA: What the fuck?

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Mom!

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FAROUK: Yeah, Maysa,
why are you always yelling?

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‐ Oh, my gosh.
‐ What's going on, Dena?

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‐ I thought you guys
were at Uncle Naseem's!

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‐ Who are you?
‐ Kinda what it looks like.

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NASEEM: Farouk!
‐ Shit!

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[ Farouk and Naseem speaking Arabic ]

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‐ Get out! Please!

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‐ [ speaking Arabic ]
It's all your fault!

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‐ Mom, tell him!
‐ Now she's having sex!

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You white animal!
DENA: Get out!

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‐ How dare you?
I kill you!

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[ clamoring ]
‐ I kill you!

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‐ One second, please!
‐ Naseem...

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Ramy, <i>habibi!</i>
‐ Hey, what's up?

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[ chattering ]

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‐ Ramy!
RAMY: I'm good, yeah, I gotta go.

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MAYSA: Where are you going?

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RAMY: Uh, I'm gonna go
hang out with this girl.

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NASEEM: Ehh!
FAROUK: All right! Oh, yeah!

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[ chattering ]

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NASEEM: Proud of you.
MAYSA: Enjoy it!

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NASEEM: Wear a condom, huh?
MAYSA: <i>Habibi!</i>

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NASEEM: [ distorted ]
Send a picture to Uncle Naseem!

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[ laughing ]

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FAROUK: [ echoing ]
Grandma!

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[normally] Your grandmother came
all the way from Egypt.

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[ distorted ]

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[ creepy music ]

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‐ You don't care about
your ancestors or your family.

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And I'm sure you don't care
about the refugees.

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ANCHOR: <i>Thousands of refugees</i>
<i>have nowhere to go.</i>

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[ speaking Arabic ]

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MAN ON RADIO:
<i>Awkward female trying sex.</i>

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‐ Hey man, I'm Kyle.

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You let me know
if I can do anything.

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‐ [ exhales ]

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Fuck.

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Shit.

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‐ Dena, are you okay?

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‐ I heard the crash.
DENA: It's fine.

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What are you doing here?
I barely moved.

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I don't know how you heard me.

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‐ What happened to your computer?

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You broke it.
It's very expensive.

239
00:13:23,063 --> 00:13:25,067
‐ Mom, it didn't break. Okay?

240
00:13:25,067 --> 00:13:28,365
Some water fell on it.
It's fine. Just go. Go sleep.

241
00:13:29,117 --> 00:13:31,664
‐ This door, keep it open.
I told you hundred times,

242
00:13:31,664 --> 00:13:33,626
you and your brother.
‐ Okay.

243
00:13:33,626 --> 00:13:34,920
MAYSA:
Open.

244
00:13:38,093 --> 00:13:40,723
FAROUK: Is she okay?
MAYSA: She broke her computer.

245
00:13:40,723 --> 00:13:42,216
FAROUK: Fucking shit!
[ speaking Arabic ]

246
00:13:48,071 --> 00:13:49,658
[ footsteps ]

247
00:13:53,498 --> 00:13:55,252
DENA:
Did you just get home?

248
00:13:55,252 --> 00:13:58,008
‐ Uh, yeah.
It was kind of a crazy night.

249
00:13:59,176 --> 00:14:02,308
I gotta run to the city
before Uncle Naseem kills me.

250
00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:03,435
‐ Wow.

251
00:14:04,771 --> 00:14:07,611
‐ Dude, why are you always being
so negative?

252
00:14:08,946 --> 00:14:12,286
‐ Maybe because Mom called me,
like, nine times last night,

253
00:14:12,286 --> 00:14:14,958
and you're out having sleepovers
with whoever the fuck. I don't know.

254
00:14:17,046 --> 00:14:19,342
‐ I don't understand
how you still don't get it.

255
00:14:20,010 --> 00:14:21,262
‐ What do you mean?

256
00:14:21,262 --> 00:14:24,603
‐ Mom and Dad just say shit
to say it.

257
00:14:24,603 --> 00:14:26,230
Like, they have all this stuff
that worries them,

258
00:14:26,230 --> 00:14:28,527
and they think if they say it
out loud, then it won't happen.

259
00:14:28,527 --> 00:14:31,032
But that's it. You don't have to
actually listen to them.

260
00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:33,704
‐ Dude, they're so different
with me.

261
00:14:33,704 --> 00:14:36,417
You saw how Mom was last night
just for me to, like, go to Fatima's.

262
00:14:36,417 --> 00:14:38,171
RAMY: You still got to go out, right?
‐ Yeah, but...

263
00:14:38,171 --> 00:14:39,465
‐ That's it.
DENA: Like I'm‐‐

264
00:14:39,465 --> 00:14:40,677
‐ That's the point.

265
00:14:41,386 --> 00:14:43,390
You let them get to you.

266
00:14:43,390 --> 00:14:46,145
Just let them say whatever they want
and then do whatever you want.

267
00:14:46,145 --> 00:14:48,149
‐ You're so fucking entitled.

268
00:14:48,943 --> 00:14:50,404
‐ You can be too.

269
00:15:22,927 --> 00:15:25,098
[ laughter ]

270
00:15:27,729 --> 00:15:29,983
‐ Dena, you have to watch this.

271
00:15:29,983 --> 00:15:32,279
‐ Oh, I'm good. Um, I'm going out.

272
00:15:32,279 --> 00:15:34,951
‐ Where are you going?
DENA: I'm just going with some friends.

273
00:15:34,951 --> 00:15:37,372
And I don't care how many times
it's been this week or whatever.

274
00:15:37,372 --> 00:15:38,458
Yeah.

275
00:15:38,458 --> 00:15:40,295
‐ You straightened your hair.

276
00:15:41,799 --> 00:15:45,681
‐ [ scoffs ]
What is wrong with you?

277
00:15:46,517 --> 00:15:47,644
‐ What?

278
00:15:47,644 --> 00:15:50,107
‐ Every time you look at me,
it's, like,

279
00:15:50,107 --> 00:15:52,779
about what I look like
or what I'm wearing.

280
00:15:52,779 --> 00:15:55,492
I mean...
Like, are you attracted to me?

281
00:15:56,578 --> 00:15:58,498
'Cause if you weren't my uncle...
‐ Dena.

282
00:15:58,498 --> 00:16:00,586
‐ ...you'd basically be
catcalling me.

283
00:16:00,586 --> 00:16:02,214
It's really disgusting.

284
00:16:02,214 --> 00:16:04,845
So just figure out what's going on
with you and your feelings

285
00:16:04,845 --> 00:16:07,432
before talking to me
about how I look.

286
00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:09,688
Bye, Mom.
MAYSA: Bye!

287
00:16:11,274 --> 00:16:13,236
Wait, Dena.
Where are you going?

288
00:16:15,806 --> 00:16:17,037
[ soft music playing
in the background ]

289
00:16:18,037 --> 00:16:19,958
‐ Did you make hummus
from scratch?

290
00:16:21,460 --> 00:16:23,716
Well, have you been hanging out
with my mom?

291
00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,720
‐ Yeah, I called her.
She sent me the recipe.

292
00:16:27,472 --> 00:16:30,312
I can't tell if you're impressed
or‐or totally freaked out.

293
00:16:30,312 --> 00:16:33,193
I'm just‐‐ I didn't call your mom.
‐ No, this is... amazing.

294
00:16:33,193 --> 00:16:36,365
Are you kidding? I don't know
any guys who cook.

295
00:16:36,365 --> 00:16:40,207
‐ Well, when you live in hostels
as long as I did,

296
00:16:40,207 --> 00:16:42,629
you get pretty grateful
to have your own kitchen.

297
00:16:44,340 --> 00:16:45,927
There you go.

298
00:16:48,014 --> 00:16:49,768
‐ Thank you so much
for doing this.

299
00:16:49,768 --> 00:16:52,231
‐ Yeah, thanks for... for coming.

300
00:16:52,231 --> 00:16:53,399
‐ Mm.

301
00:16:55,153 --> 00:16:56,364
‐ [ softly ] Buh‐boo.

302
00:16:58,034 --> 00:17:01,165
‐ You straightened your hair.
‐ Yeah, I did.

303
00:17:01,165 --> 00:17:02,919
‐ Cool. Yeah, it's nice.

304
00:17:04,421 --> 00:17:07,512
‐ I don't know. I‐I just thought I
would try something different.

305
00:17:07,512 --> 00:17:09,014
‐ Yeah.
DENA: Mm‐hmm.

306
00:17:09,014 --> 00:17:11,435
‐ I mean,
I love your natural curls.

307
00:17:11,435 --> 00:17:14,985
Like, that is sort of like
what's different, you know?

308
00:17:14,985 --> 00:17:17,197
But this is so nice.

309
00:17:19,076 --> 00:17:20,161
‐ Thanks.

310
00:17:20,161 --> 00:17:23,585
‐ You are really beautiful,
is what I'm trying to say.

311
00:17:24,169 --> 00:17:25,380
‐ Thank you.

312
00:17:31,475 --> 00:17:33,021
This is really good.

313
00:17:33,021 --> 00:17:34,440
‐ Really?
DENA: Mm‐hmm.

314
00:17:35,526 --> 00:17:37,404
‐ Coming from you,
that means a lot.

315
00:17:37,404 --> 00:17:40,368
I mean, if it's even close
to your mom's, I'm honored.

316
00:17:40,368 --> 00:17:43,082
‐ Okay, nobody said that.
Relax.

317
00:17:43,082 --> 00:17:44,711
But it's good.

318
00:17:45,630 --> 00:17:48,217
‐ Okay. I'll take that.

319
00:17:51,725 --> 00:17:53,687
KYLE: These are some
of my watercolors.

320
00:17:55,273 --> 00:17:56,526
This...

321
00:17:57,695 --> 00:17:59,073
they're, like, a...

322
00:18:00,534 --> 00:18:03,247
mosaic... thing

323
00:18:03,247 --> 00:18:05,001
I was trying, I don't know.

324
00:18:06,630 --> 00:18:09,343
It didn't really come together.

325
00:18:09,343 --> 00:18:11,097
‐ Yeah. Uh, it's like, uh...

326
00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,063
‐ This is bad.
DENA: [ laughs ] Okay.

327
00:18:15,063 --> 00:18:17,568
‐ This is really bad. Okay?

328
00:18:18,277 --> 00:18:20,156
‐ But these are amazing.
‐ Thank you.

329
00:18:20,156 --> 00:18:22,035
DENA: How long have you been
doing this?

330
00:18:22,035 --> 00:18:23,329
‐ Um...

331
00:18:24,331 --> 00:18:26,712
I don't know.
Since I was a kid, I guess.

332
00:18:27,755 --> 00:18:29,091
‐ Cool.

333
00:18:29,091 --> 00:18:31,011
That's really special, Kyle.

334
00:18:31,596 --> 00:18:36,021
‐ Well, I think...
you're really special.

335
00:18:37,357 --> 00:18:38,527
‐ Thanks.

336
00:18:39,962 --> 00:18:42,294
[ romantic pop music ]

337
00:18:56,646 --> 00:18:58,107
‐ Okay.
KYLE: Oh, no, no.

338
00:18:58,107 --> 00:19:00,195
Keep yours on for a minute.
Yeah, no, we'll take it slow.

339
00:19:00,195 --> 00:19:02,157
‐ Oh, okay. Okay.
KYLE: Yeah.

340
00:19:02,157 --> 00:19:03,911
That's a very sexy outfit.

341
00:19:07,417 --> 00:19:09,714
No, no, no. I mean...
Keep 'em on, keep 'em on.

342
00:19:09,714 --> 00:19:11,342
‐ Just like that?
‐ Yeah, yeah.

343
00:19:11,342 --> 00:19:12,970
‐ Okay. Yeah.

344
00:19:14,389 --> 00:19:16,520
‐ [ moans ]
KYLE: Oh, my God.

345
00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,941
Do you speak any Arabic?

346
00:19:18,941 --> 00:19:20,360
‐ Mm, yeah.

347
00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:22,447
‐ Oh, that's so fucking cool.

348
00:19:22,447 --> 00:19:24,953
Will you speak for me a little?
‐ Uh...

349
00:19:24,953 --> 00:19:27,583
‐ Just anything. Whatever.
Whatever comes to mind.

350
00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:29,169
‐ [ speaks Arabic ]

351
00:19:29,169 --> 00:19:31,800
KYLE: Ohh.
What does that mean?

352
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,929
‐ Um, "My name is Dena."

353
00:19:33,929 --> 00:19:36,267
‐ Oh my God, that's so hot.

354
00:19:36,267 --> 00:19:39,858
Okay. Will you say
my name in Arabic?

355
00:19:39,858 --> 00:19:42,195
Will you say my name?
‐ Oh.

356
00:19:42,195 --> 00:19:45,536
It‐it's just, "Kyle,"
there isn't really, like...

357
00:19:45,536 --> 00:19:47,707
there isn't, like,
an equivalent to it.

358
00:19:47,707 --> 00:19:49,711
‐ Oh, yeah. No, that...

359
00:19:49,711 --> 00:19:51,882
Yeah, that makes sense.

360
00:19:51,882 --> 00:19:55,179
Okay, will you just say
something else?

361
00:19:57,017 --> 00:19:59,146
‐ Um...
‐ Just anything.

362
00:19:59,981 --> 00:20:02,862
‐ Uh... <i>ana bhibak.</i>

363
00:20:02,862 --> 00:20:04,114
‐ Oh, yeah.
‐ Yeah.

364
00:20:05,450 --> 00:20:07,663
KYLE: What is that?
DENA: "I like you."

365
00:20:07,663 --> 00:20:10,001
‐ Oh, wow.
‐ Yeah.

366
00:20:11,462 --> 00:20:13,717
‐ "Ba‐ba‐bek."

367
00:20:13,717 --> 00:20:15,178
[ Dena chuckles ]

368
00:20:15,178 --> 00:20:17,098
‐ Yeah.
‐ Mm. Yes.

369
00:20:20,606 --> 00:20:23,027
‐ Oh, God, you're so sexy.

370
00:20:23,027 --> 00:20:24,656
This olive skin.

371
00:20:25,957 --> 00:20:27,285
DENA: Yeah.
KYLE: Yeah.

372
00:20:27,285 --> 00:20:28,997
You sure you want to
have sex with me?

373
00:20:28,997 --> 00:20:30,626
‐ Yeah. Mm‐hmm.
‐ Yeah?

374
00:20:30,626 --> 00:20:32,755
Even though I'm a white infidel?

375
00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:34,968
‐ Um, hmm?

376
00:20:34,968 --> 00:20:38,517
‐ I can just stick it in your ass,
and you can still be a virgin.

377
00:20:38,517 --> 00:20:40,980
Is that what you want?
‐ Wait, what?

378
00:20:40,980 --> 00:20:43,527
‐ What?
‐ What are you saying?

379
00:20:44,319 --> 00:20:47,325
‐ Oh, no, I was just‐‐ I was doing,
like, a little role‐play.

380
00:20:47,994 --> 00:20:49,287
Like...

381
00:20:49,287 --> 00:20:50,833
‐ Oh.
‐ [ indistinct ]

382
00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:52,920
‐ Oh, okay.
KYLE: Yeah.

383
00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,258
‐ Uh, yeah.

384
00:20:55,258 --> 00:20:58,180
Can we just have normal sex?

385
00:20:59,266 --> 00:21:00,978
‐ Yeah, no, totally.
DENA: Mm‐hmm?

386
00:21:00,978 --> 00:21:03,149
KYLE: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, for sure.
‐ Yeah. Okay.

387
00:21:04,109 --> 00:21:05,821
Do you wanna get the condom?

388
00:21:05,821 --> 00:21:07,490
‐ Yes. Yeah, yeah.
‐ Yeah.

389
00:21:10,706 --> 00:21:12,918
‐ Uh, okay, yeah.
Let's get these clothes off you.

390
00:21:12,918 --> 00:21:14,004
‐ Yeah.

391
00:21:16,467 --> 00:21:17,678
Okay.

392
00:21:20,893 --> 00:21:23,022
KYLE: You can just, like, be yourself.
DENA: Yeah.

393
00:21:24,191 --> 00:21:27,113
‐ I accept you. You don't have to
wear a fucking head scarf or...

394
00:21:27,113 --> 00:21:28,867
‐ What? Dude...
‐ No, right, sorry.

395
00:21:28,867 --> 00:21:30,621
No, I'll stop,
'cause you want...

396
00:21:30,621 --> 00:21:33,000
you want me to stop, right?

397
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,504
‐ Yeah.
‐ Yeah.

398
00:21:34,504 --> 00:21:38,385
‐ Um, can we just role‐play
that I'm, like, a white girl, and...

399
00:21:39,304 --> 00:21:40,974
‐ Uh, I mean...

400
00:21:41,976 --> 00:21:43,312
why?

401
00:21:45,399 --> 00:21:47,070
‐ Okay, so...

402
00:21:48,072 --> 00:21:51,538
are you just hooking up with me
because I'm Egyptian?

403
00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:54,502
‐ I mean...

404
00:21:54,502 --> 00:21:57,800
I think it's hot
that you're Egyptian.

405
00:21:58,384 --> 00:22:00,054
Like, is that...
No, I think it's like...

406
00:22:00,054 --> 00:22:04,187
I think it's a cool part of you.
I think it's interesting.

407
00:22:04,187 --> 00:22:07,277
It's just, like, so... unknown,

408
00:22:07,277 --> 00:22:09,322
and I just want to know it.

409
00:22:09,322 --> 00:22:11,368
‐ Mm. Yeah. Um,

410
00:22:11,368 --> 00:22:13,582
does everything have to be
about me being Arab?

411
00:22:13,582 --> 00:22:16,295
Like, I don't know,
can it just...

412
00:22:16,295 --> 00:22:17,506
be normal?

413
00:22:18,508 --> 00:22:20,888
‐ [ chuckles ]

414
00:22:20,888 --> 00:22:23,017
Normal sucks. Right?

415
00:22:23,017 --> 00:22:25,062
Like, I wish that I was...
‐ Oh, my God.

416
00:22:25,062 --> 00:22:27,275
KYLE: I just wish I was something.
Like, anything.

417
00:22:27,275 --> 00:22:29,864
'Cause I'm this, like,
all the time. I'm just white.

418
00:22:29,864 --> 00:22:30,949
[ Dena groans softly ]

419
00:22:30,949 --> 00:22:33,162
Do you know how weird it is
to be nothing?

420
00:22:33,747 --> 00:22:34,832
Okay.

421
00:22:34,832 --> 00:22:36,753
Like, my art, right?

422
00:22:36,753 --> 00:22:38,548
I've got, like, this voice.

423
00:22:39,550 --> 00:22:41,596
And fuck, like,
nobody gives a shit,

424
00:22:41,596 --> 00:22:44,226
'cause I'm not... Indian

425
00:22:44,226 --> 00:22:46,355
or trans.
‐ Mm‐hmm.

426
00:22:46,355 --> 00:22:48,944
‐ I would fucking kill‐‐
Not that‐‐ that's not the point.

427
00:22:48,944 --> 00:22:50,614
No, no, no. No, no, no.
What I mean...

428
00:22:50,614 --> 00:22:53,662
Dena, I'm saying I would want
to be like you. I'd want to have...

429
00:22:53,662 --> 00:22:56,375
DENA: Mm‐hmm. Yeah.
I'm done. [ sighs ]

430
00:23:03,347 --> 00:23:04,809
[ Dena sighs ]

431
00:23:06,442 --> 00:23:08,442
[ zip closes ]
[ Dena clears her throat ]

432
00:23:15,789 --> 00:23:17,166
[ sighs ]

433
00:23:31,652 --> 00:23:33,260
Oh, fuck.

434
00:23:35,459 --> 00:23:37,459
[ melancholic music ]

435
00:23:38,459 --> 00:23:40,296
[ exhales forcefully ]

436
00:23:47,477 --> 00:23:51,443
[ woman singing
in Arabic ]