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It's here!

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It's here! It's here!

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Everyone, gather! It's here!

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Hey, it's here!

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What is it?

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Not yet.
Everyone has to gather first.

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Dad!

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RILEY:
What is it?

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We don't know, but we're hoping

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it's a present for me!

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My mother made these

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and gave them
to my cousin Mirwais,

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who was flying from
Kabul to Vancouver.

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And he gave it
to my other cousin Mirwais,

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who was visiting from Seattle--
we call him "American Mirwais"--

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and then he shipped it to me
after he drove back home.

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Hope you're paying attention.
There'll be a quiz later.

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[chuckles]

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This is homemade roht.

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Which is?

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Aw, it's like sweet bread.

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I love your mom's roht.

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It is made from fresh wheat,
our own chicken's eggs,

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sugar and
what you call organic butter.

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But I just call butter.

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Aw.

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Mm-mm.

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No. Give it back. Give it back.

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Something has
gone wrong with it.

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[knocks]

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Yeah, that's not right.

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Maybe if we dip it in tea.

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No. I want your first time
to be special.

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That's what Bobby Finnigan
said on prom night.

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Hello, I'm your father.

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It must have gone bad
during its travels.

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I'm sorry, buddy.

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Aw, it's okay.

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Seriously, I'm your father.

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♪

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♪ Oh!

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Hi. Do you guys make
a kind of bread called roht?

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Roht.

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"R..."

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maybe an "O."

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Well, it's not "R-H-O-T"
'cause I googled that,

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and all I got was Real
Housewives of Toronto.[sighs]

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And then I kinda went down
a rabbit hole. [chuckles]

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Okay, thanks anyway.

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No, it's not the same as bagels.

51
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Aha.

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What is that thing?

53
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Well, that's Grampy's
magical book from the past.

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It's a phone book, Hazel,
and it's still perfectly useful.

55
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Yeah, it lets you call
any business you want from 2009.

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Make fun of me,
but I just found a falafel place

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by the airport.

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All right,
falafel isn't Afghan food.

59
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Yeah, but it's basically
the same, right?

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Dad, would you tell someone
from Kansas City

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that Memphis barbecue
is basically the same?

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I'll keep looking.

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Found one. Kasim's Kabobs.

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They have roht?

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Yeah, it's right here
on the menu.

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Oh, so that's how
you spell it.

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Awesome.
Where is this place?

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Just outside Cleveland.

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That explains it.
This is just within ten miles.

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Cleveland? Is Al gonna
want to drive that far

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just for some roht?

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We can make it a
real "roht" trip.

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[laughs] Nothing but net!

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[makes swishing sound]

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I'm starving.
When are we gonna get there?

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Well, the way
Grandma's driving, tomorrow.

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Can we stop
and get a snack?

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Why would we do that?

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Do you watch a movie
on the way to a movie?

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Usually.

81
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I think I have
some almonds in my purse.

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Nobody is eating
in my new car.

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No purse nuts
for anyone.

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Just let me drive, man.
I'll get us there in 90 minutes.

85
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90 minutes? Ugh, I'm gonna die.

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Hazel, when I was your age,

87
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I would fast for the whole day
during Ramadan.

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Yeah, yeah, and you used to have
to get up to change the channel.

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That's basically why I had kids.

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They're the original
remote control.

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Aw, hey, give me some.

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I need them. I'm still growing.

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I worked out this morning.

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And whose fault is that?

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Nobody better be eating
back there.

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Just give me one.

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Oh, real mature.

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You know what? I'm telling.

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Telling who?

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Who in this car
do you think I'm afraid of?

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[sighs] You got enough
leg room back there?

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Nope.
I do.

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Do they have pizza here?

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No. And do not ask for it.

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Ugh.

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Hello. Welcome. How many?

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Five, please.

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Right this way.

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You have a beautiful
restaurant, Mashallah.

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Oh, thank you.
Can I get you some water?

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Hey, guys.
Yeah?

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Oh, nice.

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Upgrade.

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[laughs] Yeah.

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Well, that escalated quickly.

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You might be out a roommate.

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These are my friends,
Mr. Dugan, his daughter Lizzie,

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his son Riley
and his granddaughter Hazel.

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Welcome.
My name is Kasim.

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What is your father's name?

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What part of Kabul are you from?Oh...

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[Al chattering]He's staying.

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All right.

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[chatter continues]

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Does he know I like pizza?

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Expand your horizons.

127
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I'm open to Afghan pizza.

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Hey, this isn't gonna
be spicy, is it?

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Dad, relax.

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I'm just saying,
it's a three-hour ride home

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and you're the ones
in the car with me.

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Wow, that was delicious.
I couldn't eat another bite.

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Then again, I'm not a quitter.

134
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Please, how much do we owe you
for this wonderful meal?

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No, no. You are my guest.

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No, I insist.Oh, baba, don't insult me.

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I swear I will not
take your money.

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Take it or I'll never
come back here.

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What? Wait, no! Don't say that.

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Please, I insist.

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I swore, you will make me
a sinner if you pay.

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Is this normal?

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Yeah. Think of it
as dinner and a show.

144
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Oh, I want to introduce you to
my daughter Ariana, bacheem.

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Come here. Meet Awalmir
and his friends.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Awalmir has just
arrived from Kabul.

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Really?

150
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He already has three jobs.
Can you believe it?

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Overachiever, eh?

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So how do you like America?

153
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Mm, b-better now that I found
your father's restaurant.

154
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Um, his sabzi is
as good as my mother's.

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But don't tell my mother that.

156
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Mine is even better, but
don't tell my father that.

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[both laugh]

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Buro gumsho.
Get out of here.

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Well, it's nice
to meet you, Awalmir.

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Bye.

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Oh, my God,
somebody better grab his ankle.

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He's gonna float away.

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[inhales deeply, sighs]

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Really?
No one's gonna talk about it?

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Talk about what?

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Your new girlfriend.[laughs]

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She's not my girlfriend.

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Oh, sorry.

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Fiancée.

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[laughs]

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Can I be your best man?

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[chuckles] You're not even
the best man in this car.

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She's a very nice woman
from a very nice family

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with a very nice restaurant.
That's it.

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Al and that lady
sitting in a tree...

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T-A-L-K-I-N-G.

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Do you people honestly believe
the first beautiful Afghan woman

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I meet in America,
I'm going to marry?

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Yes.
Yeah.
Of course.

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I don't even know
if she likes me.

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She likes you.
Who doesn't like you?

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She's single.

183
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Really? How do
you know this?

184
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I don't. I just wanted
to see what you would do.

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[Art chuckles]

186
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I don't think she
was wearing a ring.

187
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Was she wearing a ring?

188
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He does love her.

189
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[chuckles]

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[door opens]

191
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Oh, you got it bad.

192
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You gonna ask her out?

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I don't know.

194
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Why not?

195
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She's from an Afghan family,

196
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but she was born here.

197
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Does she date the American way
or the Afghan way?

198
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Well, what's the difference?

199
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Back home, I would watch her
from afar for a few days

200
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until I caught her eye,
and then for a few weeks,

201
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I would try to exchange signals
with her

202
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and then find a kid and
send them to get her number.

203
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Like you do.

204
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And then I would talk to her on
the phone for about six months,

205
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mostly after midnight when the
men of her family are asleep.

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And on Fridays,
I would fly a white kite

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that says "I love you"
over her house.

208
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Fridays?

209
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It's kite flying day.

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Ah, of course.

211
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And then, once I earned
her trust, ah...

212
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I would invite her to meet me
in a park or restaurant,

213
00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:05,572
and if the police approach and
ask me how I'm related to her,

214
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I would tell 'em we are cousins.

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It is so simple.

216
00:08:09,706 --> 00:08:11,795
Or you can just ask her out.

217
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No.

218
00:08:13,623 --> 00:08:16,365
As you can see, this mountain
is too tall to climb.

219
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[sighs] I will cherish
the memories of her

220
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and stop doing
these exercises.

221
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I have no new muscles
and my arms hurt.

222
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How about this?

223
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I'll ask her out,
and if she's offended,

224
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we'll know she's traditional.

225
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Now, the risk is she says yes
and falls in love with me.

226
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But that's a fun story
for you to tell at our wedding.

227
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The only reason you
still have your teeth

228
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is I can't lift my arms.

229
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[chuckles]

230
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Hey, Mr. Three Jobs.

231
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How'd you get time
off to come here?

232
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I was just in the neighborhood
and thought I should stop by

233
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and pay my respects
to your honorable father.

234
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Oh, you were in
the neighborhood, huh?

235
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Mm-hmm.Where were you going?

236
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Just visiting
some Afghan friends.

237
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Who?

238
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You don't know them.

239
00:09:01,584 --> 00:09:03,978
How do you know?

240
00:09:04,021 --> 00:09:07,068
Well, tell your father
I said hi.

241
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I'm just teasing you.

242
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Uh, sit down.

243
00:09:10,245 --> 00:09:11,551
Please, let me get you some tea.

244
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Thank you.

245
00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,903
So my father tells me
you're from Kabul.

246
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Well, I was born in Kandahar,
but my family moved to Kabul.

247
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So the people in Kabul
call us Kandaharis

248
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and the people in Kandahar
call us Kabulis.

249
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I get that. I was born here.

250
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So, the people in America
think I'm Afghan,

251
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but if I ever go to Afghanistan,

252
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people are gonna say
I am American.
Ah.

253
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You have never been?

254
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You must visit.
It is a beautiful country.

255
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Did you ever get to see
the Buddhas of Bamiyan?

256
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No.

257
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I was a boy when the Taliban
destroyed them,

258
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but the valley they were in--

259
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it is one of the most
beautiful places on Earth.

260
00:09:51,721 --> 00:09:54,637
There are these colorful
mountains all around the city,

261
00:09:54,681 --> 00:09:57,640
blue, black,
orange, white.

262
00:09:57,684 --> 00:10:00,208
It is the only place
where I've felt peace

263
00:10:00,251 --> 00:10:02,166
in every cell in my body.

264
00:10:02,210 --> 00:10:05,779
Do you have a fourth job
as a poet?

265
00:10:05,822 --> 00:10:08,651
Do you have
a second job as a muse?

266
00:10:10,218 --> 00:10:13,569
I really want to go as soon
as I finish grad school.

267
00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:15,310
Let me guess.

268
00:10:15,353 --> 00:10:18,182
You're planning on
becoming an engineer?

269
00:10:18,226 --> 00:10:19,488
Nope.

270
00:10:19,531 --> 00:10:21,359
Doctor?Too squeamish.

271
00:10:21,403 --> 00:10:22,796
Well, all that's left is lawyer.

272
00:10:22,839 --> 00:10:24,798
Double major
in disappointing my parents

273
00:10:24,841 --> 00:10:26,756
with a minor in
"What will people think?"

274
00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,584
[laughs]

275
00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:30,412
I'm actually
working on my MBA.

276
00:10:30,455 --> 00:10:32,719
I want to take the
principles of microfinance

277
00:10:32,762 --> 00:10:35,547
and apply them to scholarships
for Afghan women.

278
00:10:35,591 --> 00:10:37,854
So they can become
doctors and lawyers.

279
00:10:37,898 --> 00:10:40,030
Mm, now I know why your father
still talks to you.

280
00:10:40,074 --> 00:10:43,686
My brother's a puppeteer,
so that helps a lot.

281
00:10:43,730 --> 00:10:45,253
Mm.

282
00:10:45,296 --> 00:10:48,822
But I want to hear more
about Afghanistan.

283
00:10:49,910 --> 00:10:51,520
How much time do you have?

284
00:10:52,564 --> 00:10:54,349
How much roht do you have?

285
00:11:01,617 --> 00:11:04,054
And next is
my sister Hassina. So smart.

286
00:11:04,098 --> 00:11:06,448
She's working with this
vaccination program, but I keep

287
00:11:06,491 --> 00:11:07,971
telling her she could be
a doctor.

288
00:11:08,015 --> 00:11:11,235
I think your sister should be
whatever she wants to be.

289
00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:13,673
Oh, she is going to love you.

290
00:11:13,716 --> 00:11:14,543
[laughs]

291
00:11:14,586 --> 00:11:16,153
So what do you do?

292
00:11:16,197 --> 00:11:18,068
I work in construction.

293
00:11:19,113 --> 00:11:20,854
Show me your hands.

294
00:11:22,290 --> 00:11:24,640
I just started.

295
00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:25,859
When, yesterday?

296
00:11:25,902 --> 00:11:27,338
I'm more of a boss.

297
00:11:27,382 --> 00:11:29,950
"Move that, pick that up,"
that sort of thing.

298
00:11:29,993 --> 00:11:31,691
Sounds like an Afghan man.

299
00:11:31,734 --> 00:11:32,561
Thank you.

300
00:11:32,604 --> 00:11:35,433
[laughs]

301
00:11:35,477 --> 00:11:37,435
So did you do construction
back home?

302
00:11:37,479 --> 00:11:40,656
No, I was an interpreter
with the U.S. Marine Corps.

303
00:11:42,005 --> 00:11:43,659
You were what?

304
00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:45,617
Yes, for eight years.

305
00:11:48,490 --> 00:11:50,057
Well, you enjoy your tea.

306
00:11:52,363 --> 00:11:54,322
Ariana, what's wrong?
What did I say?

307
00:11:54,365 --> 00:11:57,760
Nothing. Congratulations on
selling out our country.

308
00:11:57,804 --> 00:11:59,980
Please don't accuse me of
something and walk away.

309
00:12:00,023 --> 00:12:02,417
How could you help
a foreign invader?

310
00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:04,288
Who would you prefer I helped?

311
00:12:04,332 --> 00:12:05,725
The Taliban who bomb
crowded markets?

312
00:12:05,768 --> 00:12:07,683
Of course not.Then maybe the warlords

313
00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:08,902
sitting comfortably
in the government,

314
00:12:08,945 --> 00:12:10,207
sucking people's blood?

315
00:12:10,251 --> 00:12:11,948
Why would you help any of them?

316
00:12:11,992 --> 00:12:14,037
The Americans tortured Afghans,

317
00:12:14,081 --> 00:12:15,996
raided people's homes,
shot innocent farmers.

318
00:12:16,039 --> 00:12:17,345
I'm not
condoning that.

319
00:12:17,388 --> 00:12:19,521
Almost every monster
that Afghanistan faces

320
00:12:19,564 --> 00:12:21,610
the American government created.

321
00:12:21,653 --> 00:12:24,047
They backed bin Laden,
the Taliban, the warlords,

322
00:12:24,091 --> 00:12:25,440
and now they're handing
the country

323
00:12:25,483 --> 00:12:27,007
back to the Taliban
and walking away.

324
00:12:27,050 --> 00:12:29,705
Thank you for the history
lesson you learned from a book.

325
00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:31,228
I was there.

326
00:12:31,272 --> 00:12:33,143
Our house was destroyed
not once,

327
00:12:33,187 --> 00:12:34,623
not twice, but three times.

328
00:12:34,666 --> 00:12:37,974
And that's awful, but you made
a choice to help them.

329
00:12:38,018 --> 00:12:40,324
Yes, Afghanistan is truly
the land of choices.

330
00:12:40,368 --> 00:12:41,717
But you will find that out

331
00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:43,675
when you go over there
and fix everything.

332
00:12:45,329 --> 00:12:47,854
Okay, I need
to get back to work.

333
00:12:47,897 --> 00:12:49,464
The lunch rush
is coming in soon.

334
00:12:50,726 --> 00:12:52,684
Well, let me pay you
for the tea and roht.

335
00:12:52,728 --> 00:12:53,773
It's on the house.

336
00:12:55,078 --> 00:12:58,603
[somber Afghan music playing]

337
00:12:58,647 --> 00:13:00,649
[man singing
in foreign language]

338
00:13:02,390 --> 00:13:04,392
[music continues in distance]

339
00:13:10,615 --> 00:13:13,096
You guys can hear that, right?

340
00:13:13,140 --> 00:13:14,271
Al's sad.

341
00:13:14,315 --> 00:13:16,012
Girl at the restaurant
turned him down.

342
00:13:17,057 --> 00:13:19,537
So this music is like
Afghan Adele.

343
00:13:19,581 --> 00:13:21,322
[chuckles]:
Adele.

344
00:13:21,365 --> 00:13:23,628
You guys
and your old-timey music.

345
00:13:25,326 --> 00:13:27,763
Doesn't feel so great, does it?

346
00:13:33,769 --> 00:13:35,771
[somber Afghan music continues]

347
00:13:38,774 --> 00:13:40,820
Hey, Champ.
You good?

348
00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:41,864
Champ?

349
00:13:44,475 --> 00:13:46,042
Can we get you anything?

350
00:13:47,087 --> 00:13:49,829
More sparkling cider.

351
00:13:49,872 --> 00:13:52,353
I think you've had
enough, buddy.

352
00:13:52,396 --> 00:13:55,356
I'm just gonna turn this down
a little so we can talk.

353
00:13:55,399 --> 00:13:56,531
[turns down music]

354
00:13:56,574 --> 00:13:58,707
There, that's nice.

355
00:13:58,750 --> 00:14:01,362
Look, man,
I know you're hurting,

356
00:14:01,405 --> 00:14:02,972
but she's one girl, okay?

357
00:14:03,016 --> 00:14:04,495
You got to get back out there.

358
00:14:04,539 --> 00:14:05,714
Why?

359
00:14:05,757 --> 00:14:07,498
You've been out
there for months,

360
00:14:07,542 --> 00:14:10,240
and all you have to show
for it is a mysterious rash.

361
00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:14,462
It's a detergent sensitivity.

362
00:14:16,768 --> 00:14:19,206
What I'm saying is
it's a numbers game.

363
00:14:21,817 --> 00:14:24,254
Even you don't believe that,
Riley.

364
00:14:24,298 --> 00:14:25,908
The love of your life is gone,

365
00:14:25,952 --> 00:14:27,692
and you chase a mirage
every night.

366
00:14:27,736 --> 00:14:29,825
It is a fool's errand.

367
00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:31,696
Okay, I'm tagging out.

368
00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:33,220
You're up.

369
00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:37,877
I will never look at
another woman ever again.

370
00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,618
You realize you just
said that to me, right?

371
00:14:40,662 --> 00:14:43,186
You are Riley's sister.
You're not a woman.

372
00:14:43,230 --> 00:14:46,407
Well, then I am wearing
the wrong underwear.

373
00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:48,104
[sighs]

374
00:14:48,148 --> 00:14:50,672
What is life
except sorrow?

375
00:14:50,715 --> 00:14:52,108
[groans]

376
00:14:52,152 --> 00:14:54,023
[scoffs] Al,

377
00:14:54,067 --> 00:14:56,591
you are one of the smartest,

378
00:14:56,634 --> 00:14:58,854
kindest, funniest...

379
00:14:58,898 --> 00:14:59,855
Handsomest.

380
00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:03,337
...handsomest guys
I've ever met.

381
00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:05,730
I can't understand
why Ariana wouldn't like you.

382
00:15:11,214 --> 00:15:13,825
It's because
I was an interpreter.

383
00:15:14,870 --> 00:15:17,133
Oh, she's one of those.

384
00:15:17,177 --> 00:15:18,439
I don't get it.

385
00:15:18,482 --> 00:15:20,571
Isn't being an interpreter
a good thing?

386
00:15:20,615 --> 00:15:22,834
Not everybody
feels that way.

387
00:15:24,140 --> 00:15:26,751
Everybody that wasn't over there
has an opinion, don't they?

388
00:15:26,795 --> 00:15:28,971
If she doesn't appreciate
what you did,

389
00:15:29,015 --> 00:15:30,190
she doesn't deserve you.

390
00:15:30,233 --> 00:15:31,713
Don't say that.
It is not so simple.

391
00:15:31,756 --> 00:15:32,975
It is that simple.

392
00:15:33,019 --> 00:15:34,281
No, it is not.

393
00:15:34,324 --> 00:15:36,544
Sometimes life is just
complicated and sad.

394
00:15:36,587 --> 00:15:38,894
Both of you know that.

395
00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,162
[turns up somber Afghan music]

396
00:15:58,827 --> 00:16:00,263
You're back.

397
00:16:00,307 --> 00:16:02,309
Yes.

398
00:16:03,353 --> 00:16:04,920
You're not gonna win me over.

399
00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:06,966
I'm not here for that.

400
00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:09,577
You need to hear me out.

401
00:16:11,883 --> 00:16:14,538
I lived through
three regime changes.

402
00:16:15,844 --> 00:16:18,803
My whole life,
all I knew was war.

403
00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:24,070
So when the Americans came,
we hoped things would be better.

404
00:16:26,376 --> 00:16:28,030
I remember people
blasting music at full volume.

405
00:16:28,074 --> 00:16:30,990
And I know that that sounds
small, but under the Taliban,

406
00:16:31,033 --> 00:16:33,035
we weren't even allowed
to listen to music.

407
00:16:33,079 --> 00:16:35,081
We danced in the streets.

408
00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:38,432
There was so much hope.

409
00:16:40,347 --> 00:16:42,523
And, no...

410
00:16:42,566 --> 00:16:44,525
it didn't last.

411
00:16:46,657 --> 00:16:48,920
But some of us thought that
if we joined as interpreters,

412
00:16:48,964 --> 00:16:52,098
we would be able to help
the Americans be more effective.

413
00:16:53,969 --> 00:16:55,971
Or less destructive.

414
00:16:56,972 --> 00:16:59,366
Was I naive?

415
00:16:59,409 --> 00:17:01,585
I was 17.

416
00:17:01,629 --> 00:17:03,152
Did things improve
the way I hoped?

417
00:17:03,196 --> 00:17:05,633
Not even close.

418
00:17:05,676 --> 00:17:08,027
But people like me and my family
back home now deal with

419
00:17:08,070 --> 00:17:11,117
the consequences of that
more than anyone else.

420
00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:15,382
And I am not ashamed
of what I did.

421
00:17:17,732 --> 00:17:19,038
Not for a second.

422
00:17:21,083 --> 00:17:22,215
Ariana Jaan...

423
00:17:25,131 --> 00:17:28,873
...you and I are both
just trying to help our country

424
00:17:28,917 --> 00:17:30,875
the best way
we know how,

425
00:17:30,919 --> 00:17:33,487
and I hope one day
you'll see that.

426
00:17:42,278 --> 00:17:43,888
For the tea and roht.

427
00:17:46,587 --> 00:17:48,589
[somber Afghan music playing]

428
00:17:51,157 --> 00:17:53,115
[man singing
in foreign language]

429
00:18:03,256 --> 00:18:04,474
[Road Runner cartoon playing
over TV]

430
00:18:04,518 --> 00:18:05,954
[laughs] Right?

431
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:08,913
[laughs]

432
00:18:08,957 --> 00:18:11,307
Come on,
that was hilarious.

433
00:18:11,351 --> 00:18:13,440
I don't think so.

434
00:18:13,483 --> 00:18:15,137
Well, maybe you don't get it.

435
00:18:15,181 --> 00:18:17,139
Oh, I get it.

436
00:18:17,183 --> 00:18:20,186
The coyote is doomed
to repeat his mistakes.

437
00:18:20,229 --> 00:18:22,492
As are we all, Hazel.

438
00:18:22,536 --> 00:18:23,972
As are we all.

439
00:18:24,015 --> 00:18:25,669
Dude, you're wrecking this
for me.

440
00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:35,331
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