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AmericanEast

Directed by Hesham Issawi

DramaRomance
20081h 52m5.6

Overview

Summer in L.A., it's hot. Homeland Security has set the threat level at red; they're searching for several Arabs alleged to be terrorists. Mustafa, an Egyptian immigrant who runs a falafel shop, comes to the FBI's attention; they investigate him. He has other problems: his young teen son no longer wants to be a Muslim; his sister, a nurse, objects to Mustafa arranging her marriage to a cousin from Egypt. She has a non-Arab suitor of her own. Omar, an employee of Mustafa, is a struggling actor who doesn't want to play only terrorists. Mustafa hopes to open a real restaurant and has a potential partner in Sam, a Jew, whose family objects. What is the price of the American dream?

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Cast

Sayed Badreya

Sayed Badreya

Mustafa Marzouke

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub

Sam

Kais Nashef

Omar

Sarah Shahi

Sarah Shahi

Salwah Marzoke

Erick Avari

Erick Avari

Fikry

Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton

Casting Director

Tim Guinee

Tim Guinee

John Westerman

Manny Kleinmuntz

Ben Bloom

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