House of Gods (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

(TENDER PIANO MUSIC)
(WATER SPRINKLES GENTLY)
(DIESEL ENGINE REVS)
RECORDED VOICE ON PHONE:
Allahu akbar
Allahu
Prayer break, boys!
Akbar
Sorry, cuz, I can't pray.
My hangover's a bit unholy.
God already knows what you're
praying for today, huh?
What, blessing me with
wiser friends?
(PRAYS IN ARABIC)
(CONTINUES PRAYING IN ARABIC)
Imagine it - you win tonight
and then people ask,
"Is Sheikh Mohammad really
any different from the others?"
Then someone says,
"Oh, did you hear that his
unmarried daughter moved out"
"and is living with friends?"
"Sheikh Mohammad must be
who they say he is!"
Allahu akbar.
Can we discuss this after?
You say 'Allahu akbar'
when the answer's no.
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD: No!
I say 'inshallah'
when the answer is no.
(WOMEN LAUGH)
- (CAMERA CLICKS)
- It's mad.
Oi, don't. Don't!
No, I'm taking a selfie.
It's fine.
Oh, my God, oh, my God.
Did he see you?
Dad, leave them. They're idiots.
(WOMEN CONTINUE CHATTING)
- Oh, my God, oh, my God.
- Oh, no.
Oh, God, I hate you.
Filming me?
Sorry, we didn't mean to
This is not my best side.
Go.
(WOMEN LAUGH)
Can we Can we take
a photo with you?
- OK.
- Yeah? Oh, my God.
- Get in, get in.
- (WOMEN LAUGH)
WOMAN: Yeah.
(CAMERA CLICKS)
This is for your
Instagram story?
Yeah, we've never seen
this before.
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
You can call me 'this',
but my name is Mohammad.
- Mohammad.
- WOMAN: Ooh.
- (CAMERA CLICKS)
- Thank you.
- Oh, you're such a charmer! Oh!
- (CAMERA CLICKS)
(LAUGHS)
Thanks. (GIGGLES)
Don't. That's not funny.
If you are still curious
about 'this',
The Messenger mosque, Fairfield.
- Sure.
- 'Bye, Mohammad.
- Cuz.
- Yo.
You're up for leading
your own crew?
I'm looking at a new site
the other side of the harbour.
Mega fleet.
We're expanding, baby!
Expanding? Cuz, you can barely
keep this site afloat.
Yeah, but after tonight
(MAKES ZOOMING SOUND)
Son of a cleric
gonna become a prince, huh?
- (CHUCKLES)
- Huh?
(RECORDED VOICES SPEAK ARABIC)
(SPEAKS INAUDIBLY)
- (MOHAMMAD SIGHS)
- You'll be great.
(RECORDED VOICES CONTINUE)
I have been thinking about
what you asked.
Yes.
I win tonight,
we'll talk about you moving out.
(GASPS)
But there will be rules,
and not the kind you break!
- (SQUEALS)
- (CHUCKLES)
Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamedi,
you must be feeling confident.
There's this mood for change
in the air.
Do you think you'll be
in luck tonight?
Am I speaking to the next head
cleric of The Messenger mosque?
If I'm elected tonight,
it will be because
the honourable clergy in Iraq,
having read my thesis
and plans about the community,
have chosen me.
Then why you, Sheikh Mohammad?
Why now?
I have a vision of inclusivity
and - dare I use
another buzzword - unity.
I want to welcome all people
from my community.
The mosque needn't be only
a place of worship,
but one of celebration,
of culture, arts, sports.
I wish to make it
..a home
..for people to belong.
Cuz, the old man's killing it!
- So as many of you will know
- Yeah!
..the votes have come from
the clerics in Iraq
in sealed envelopes
and the winner will be
announced tonight.
And it's common knowledge
that you're the favourite.
Sheikh Mohammad, if you win,
will one of your big plans
include building the first
full-time Iraqi school
in Australia?
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD: Education is
the most important investment
we can make for our society.
As it is in the Holy Quran
(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
On the sides?
(ARABIC SONG PLAYS ON RADIO)
Salaam alaykum, Sheikhna.
Alaykum salaam.
MEN: Salaam alaykum.
Please.
RADIO ANNOUNCER:
Tonight, they will announce
who is the next head cleric
of The Messenger mosque.
We're here with
Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamedi
- (CLEARS THROAT)
- ..one of the candidates.
Election night special?
What does that even mean?
Just give me the usual.
RADIO ANNOUNCER:
Sheikh Mohammad,
your rival, Sheikh Shaaker,
he says
that the community needs
a larger mosque first.
What do you say to that?
(CHUCKLES) Rival? I wouldn't
call Sheikh Shaaker a rival.
We are merely
temporary opponents.
RADIO ANNOUNCER:
Sheikh Al-Hamedi,
would you say your community
is ready for an
..updated version of Islam?
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD:
Islam is not a software.
It doesn't require updates.
Nonetheless, it's always
in need of change
to adapt to the times,
the particular space
and culture it is in.
OK, then, would you say Islam
should, to use your word,
adapt its code when it comes to
contact between males
and females outside of marriage?
No.
Because there's a photo of you
being kissed by a young woman.
That is you, isn't it?
I'm showing Sheikh Mohammad
a photo
that was sent to us by
one of our listeners today.
Clearly that was a situation
where the answer lies
within the context.
So a woman CAN kiss a man
if the context is right?
Because that sounds like
a big change.
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD:
I'm not saying that.
It it was all light-hearted,
all in the spirit of the moment.
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Are you saying
what is halal, haram,
what's permitted, what is a sin,
this all comes down to
the spirit of a moment?
(TROUBLING MUSIC)
Allah almighty judges us
on our intentions,
not only our actions.
Sheikh Al-Hamedi,
I'm just trying to get
my head around this.
A woman CAN kiss a man
if her intentions are pure?
Because I'm sure a lot of
parents listening,
they'd be really interested
to hear this.
And your own daughter,
she's here in the studio.
Do you give her
a licence to decide
in which context
she can kiss a boy?
Do you still feel confident,
Sheikh Al-Hamedi,
or has this kiss cost you
your election tonight?
Cuz, people know your dad.
They know he's not sinful.
You know it was just you
and him, other than Mum,
who ever done anything for me.
That's it.
(PHONE LINE RINGS)
Uncle Samir?
I need a solid.
Thanks. Fi amanillah.
- MAN: Thank you.
- Thank you.
(ARABIC SONG PLAYS)
- Salaam alaykum, Sheikh.
- Alaykum.
- (SPEAKS ARABIC)
- MAN: Hello, Sheikh.
We heard you on the radio
this morning.
Wallahi, Sheikhna, it's about
time somebody cut us some slack.
You know how it is.
Some of the girls,
they watch us play,
we score a goal,
they wanna high-five,
hug, all that.
Not a sin!
'Bye, Sheikh.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
MAN: Hmm
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(MAN LAUGHS)
Salaam alaykum.
Alaykum salaam.
(SIGHS)
Ha!
Abu Zuhayr?
(MURMURS INDISTINCTLY)
(PEOPLE CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
Go to the halal butcher shop
up the road.
Do you see a sign on my shop
that says 'Adulterers welcome'?
WOMAN: But Sheikh Shaaker,
I always buy my meat from here.
Not anymore.
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
Inshallah it gets back
to the clergy
that some of us still hold onto
our religious values.
Yes, please.
(IRAQI MUSIC PLAYS)
Salaam alaykum.
- Salaam alaykum.
- Alaykum salaam.
- Uncle Samir.
- Hello, Isa.
Nah, keep going, Uncle.
Write, "Dad, congratulations
on losing."
You heard the interview.
ISA: Dad hasn't lost yet.
Here.
This is where
our friend's staying.
He has the votes.
ISA: Seyyed Modhaffar.
That's a posh hotel.
- What do you plan to say?
- Not me. Dad.
He has to explain things.
Your father won't apologise.
He is too stubborn.
Although he will call this
stubbornness 'principles'.
Yeah, Dad's a tactician. He can
talk a fish out of swimming.
Seyyed Modhaffar
is a shark, Isa.
So, what,
you want me to drop it?
Uncle, this affects us all.
Or do you wanna live under
Sheikh Shaaker's rule?
I'm not part of
your mosque anymore.
So I live under no-one's rule.
If you want to waste your time
trying to convince your father,
go to Zuhayr's barber shop.
What's he doing there?
Having a polite discussion.
(MEN SPEAK PASSIONATELY
IN ARABIC)
ISA: Salaam alaykum!
- Huh?
- MAN: Alaykum salaam.
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD: It's all fine.
(ISA SPEAKS ARABIC)
(SHEIKH MOHAMMAD SPEAKS ARABIC)
We were discussing theology.
Our friends worried
their children
might take something I said
the wrong way.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
ISA: Fi amanillah.
(MAN SPEAKS ARABIC)
I heard you on the radio.
You think you can act
like Rambo.
If the barber shop's
reacting like that,
how do you think
the clergy will be?
Ah, the votes are sealed.
They'll get unsealed as soon as
word gets back to Iraq!
I got hold of
Seyyed Modhaffar's address.
Please, just go and see him.
Contain this fire
before it blows up.
This fire will only rage
if I meet with him.
If the Grand Clerics
have elected me,
it will be on the merits of my
years of work, my principles,
not simply one moment
in an interview.
That was before the photo
of you being kissed.
Why take the risk?
He's the official representative
of the clerics. Just go see him!
Why the sudden appetite
to dine with the wolves?
Dad
..you're a leader
and I'm a dealer
and this is who we are -
we survive, we do.
And what I want is
to see you as leader.
Why fight your DNA?
Just go see him.
I mean, don't you always say
we must write our own destiny?
What is written
has been written.
The rest we leave in
the hands of the Creator.
But Dad
Neither one of us will add
another word to this discussion.
(SPARSE MUSIC)
(CAR APPROACHES)
(TYRES SCREECH)
Who's that?
To Toota!
(SPEAKS ARABIC AND LAUGHS)
Ah, Baba, I missed your scent.
Why didn't you tell us? We could
have come and picked you up.
No, I didn't want you to.
You have so much on today.
Batul!
What the fuck you doing here?
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(BATUL REPLIES IN ARABIC)
What's, uh, with the get-up?
You like it?
I have a matching set.
No, I just thought
it's show-and-tell
for "I've been living in Iraq".
Yalla, yalla, Isa.
Just help your sister.
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
Bilal's not joining us?
New contract.
Ooh, you wouldn't believe how
many bridges need repairing.
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD:
I do believe it.
I know Baghdad.
Settle in. Have some rest.
Your room's still where it was.
- You want a drink or something?
- Nah, it's fine.
So happy you are here.
(MOTORBIKE APPROACHES)
Looks like Hind has taken over
the lounge room.
She Oh!
Ya Allah!
(MOTORBIKE REVS)
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
ISA: Hey! Hey!
(SONG IN ARABIC PLAYS)
Oh, hey.
Look, I'm I'm sorry
about before.
I didn't mean to
bring you into it.
But it's good to see you
in the flesh.
Hind Al-Hamedi -
I follow you on Instagram.
You almost make me wanna
wear a hijab.
And your father earlier -
such great talent.
I'd love to have him
back on again.
I need you to take it down.
The interview.
You got your big exposé.
Time to delete it.
I can't do that. I can't.
My father believes in
open conversation, alright?
Not fear. Not outrage.
He's trying to make
everyone feel welcome,
everyone that's felt
excluded before.
And your little stunt
might stop that from happening.
The sheikh knew exactly
what he was saying.
I'm sorry, but the story
stays live.
I just heard about a woman,
yeah?
A divorced woman who was refused
service at a butcher shop
because according to the owner,
my father's rival,
Sheikh Shaaker,
she's an adulterer.
That's the world my father's
trying to change.
Take it down.
Please.
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD:
I have to settle this.
What is he talking about?
Meet the elders,
hear their demands.
Dad was kissed by
some chick today.
A woman. She was being friendly.
It's not how it sounds.
Let's take this out.
What was Baba thinking?!
(QUIETLY) Shh-shh-shh!
(BATUL SIGHS)
Hey, I need you to talk to him.
He listens to you.
Seyyed Modhaffar, the guy with
the votes, is in town,
but Dad won't meet with him.
I-it's not just about the votes!
He has to condemn this
in front of the whole community.
No wonder they're angry.
What's he done exactly?
Apart from sin?
Forget the election.
It won't matter if the community
doesn't trust him.
You think you can disappear
for three years
and return as
some kind of saint?
Excuse me?
OK.
The community matters.
But first, he has to meet with
Seyyed Modhaffar.
(CHUCKLES)
Wow, you really want
to be Baba's VP.
- I want Dad to win!
- Sure you do.
You're not interested in
the attention
it will get you at all.
- Attention?
- Mmm.
Isn't that why
you're really here?
(DOOR OPENS)
Salaam alaykum, Aziz Abu Zuhayr.
MAN: Alaykum salaam.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
(ABU ZUHAYR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
(MAN SPEAKS ARABIC)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(LIFT DINGS)
ISA: Seyyedna.
Uh-huh.
Aha.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Yalla.
(HOSE NOZZLE HISSES)
BATUL: Grown so much!
Beautiful.
You know what the Tribal Council
will demand.
Just say you were wrong.
They'll understand.
You're human.
And what if I don't think
I'm wrong?
Baba, the elders can influence
the entire community -
to pray behind you
or take them away from you.
Only Allah can give and
only Allah can take away.
I appreciate how devoted
Iraq has made you, but
..we are in Australia now.
Yet you're going to
a Tribal Council.
Baba.
You can have modern
interpretations of Islam
without reinventing it.
And what if I am?
Then you can't walk all over
what's sacred to people.
(PHONE BUZZES)
Salaam alaykum.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(PHONE BUZZES)
Oh, hey, Dad. I'm on my way
to the Tribal Council.
I'll meet you there.
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD:
Didn't I tell you
not to go to Seyyed Modhaffar?
Drop whatever you're doing
and come take me to him now!
Fuck!
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(SHEIKH MOHAMMAD SPEAKS ARABIC)
(SIGHS)
(SPARSE MUSIC)
(PUSHES BUTTON)
I'm sorry, Dad.
Did you ever ask yourself
how it is a humble
representative of the clergy
can afford designer clothing?
Why does he command a personal
militia of 1,000 soldiers?
He is not a game to play, Isa.
(LIFT DINGS)
(DARK MUSIC)
(VIDEO GAME CHIRPS)
Habibi, move that over there.
It's a better position for you.
- You see?
- (VIDEO GAME BEEPS)
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
- Mmm.
- Hmm!
(MEN CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
WOMAN: Yusuf.
(CONTINUES IN ARABIC)
(MEN CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
ABU ZUHAYR: Sheikh Abu Batul.
I know I have offended many
with my actions.
Especially our valued elders.
'Offended', Sheikhna?
We are talking about a leader
committing and condoning a sin.
The way I handled the issue
lacked the courtesy
that you deserve.
And for that I apologise.
SHEIKH SHAAKER: We are not here
to judge your character,
Sheikhna.
But we are questioning
your actions.
Actions that were
clearly motivated by Satan.
Remember, a wrong only becomes
a wrong when it is not righted.
I know I have been summoned
to denounce my actions.
My actions, which are
an extension of my beliefs.
My beliefs,
which in turn are
an extension of my character.
Prophet Mohammad,
peace be upon him
(ALL RESPOND IN ARABIC)
..started his message in Arabia
at a time of brutal cruelty.
Men were burying their daughters
alive.
He was a beacon of light
in the dark desert
at a time when men ruled
with their gaze.
And let me put it to you
that today
..the same gaze is causing us
to decide how male and female
should interact.
Yes,
I did not back away
from the kiss.
But are you suggesting that
men and women cannot
control themselves
in a friendly, open environment?
Respect, Sheikhna, you cannot
be issuing your own edicts
until you become a Grand Cleric.
(LAUGHS)
You mean you mean that
you will be OK with my actions
if I was a Grand Cleric?
What I am saying is that
you cannot treat religion
like a supermarket
where you pick and choose
whatever Quranic verses
you like.
Ah.
Religion is about turning
congregation members
away from our shops, yeah?
Seems that we are stuck
to the black and white
..when our religion
is full of colours.
What next, Sheikhna?
We wave the Pride flag?
(EXCLAIMS IN ARABIC)
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD: Isa!
(MEN CHATTER IN ARABIC)
(MURMURS IN ARABIC)
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD: Sheikh Shaaker,
we both took part
in the intifada.
You and I know
what it is like to fight
for our beliefs.
And now, while it's no longer
a fight against a dictator,
we still must not give up on
what we stand for.
(SIGHS)
(WATER BUBBLES)
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(WHISPERS) Baba, Widad is here.
She wants to speak to you.
It's the one I was
telling you about.
At the butcher.
- Ah. Mmm.
- Yes.
Mmm.
(IRAQI MUSIC PLAYS)
- Salaam alaykum.
- Wa-alaykum as-salaam.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD: Are you OK?
Tell me, sister, what happened?
I admit
..I have sinned.
And God knows I repented.
But Sheikh Shaaker wants to
banish me from the mosque.
Community is all I have,
Sheikhna.
(SHEIKH MOHAMMAD SPEAKS ARABIC)
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(SHEIKH MOHAMMAD SPEAKS ARABIC)
(DOOR CLOSES)
Still saying no
to a bit of this?
Is this one of yours?
You like it?
Mmm, it's beautiful.
Proudly designed in-house.
Fabric imported from Kuwait.
But made in China.
- (CHUCKLES)
- No?
Why don't you go back to uni?
Maybe do a business degree
this time.
(WHISPERS) And finish it!
What, you think
I'm planning to be
a waitress the rest of my life?
I'm only saying
you should just
I don't need life lessons from
the absent daughter, thanks.
I got married.
Yeah, and packed up and left
as soon as Mum was buried.
Left Dad alone.
He had you and Isa.
- Then you left us all.
- (DOOR CLOSES)
Do you think that guy
from Iraq's
already called the big clerics?
Either way, Baba's done.
He didn't support the community.
Still, I'm proud of him.
Wow!
(CHUCKLES)
Are we ready?
Well, it has been
a very colourful day,
but still, the night is upon us.
I want you to enjoy the journey
and just let it happen.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
Are you frozen up there?
Come join us.
Yalla.
Whatever happens tonight
..I'm already a winner.
On three.
Al-Hamedi family.
Ready?
Hmm?
One, two, three!
ALL: Al-Hamedi family!
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD: Yes! (CHUCKLES)
Yalla, let's go.
I'll catch you up later, Dad.
Um, can't leave the house
with a broken window.
Don't be late.
No more work, huh?
(DOOR OPENS)
(WARM MUSIC)
SAMIR: Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
Yeah. Go up a bit?
- Here?
- Yep.
Uh, a bit down.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(MEN CHATTER IN ARABIC)
(MAN SHOUTS IN ARABIC)
(MEN RESPOND IN ARABIC)
Mohammad Sheikhna
(MEN CHANT IN ARABIC)
Is Seyyed Modhaffar
running on Iraqi time?
All the best for tonight,
Sheikh.
And you too, Sheikhna.
(WOMEN CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
WOMAN: Absolutely.
And we need that.
BATUL: Salaam alaykum!
Oh, Batul!
- No way!
- No way!
Of course! Why wouldn't she?
- You look amazing! Amazing.
- Hi!
It's been a long time!
Alaykum salaam.
As-salaam alaykum.
Alaykum as-salaam.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(CHUCKLES)
MAN: And I'm proud at how,
10 years later,
our numbers have doubled.
(MAN CALLS OUT IN ARABIC)
(MEN CHANT IN ARABIC)
Whilst we wait for
our esteemed guest,
Sheikh Mohammad has requested
a few words.
(MEN MURMUR)
Brothers and sisters.
Salaam alaykum.
Wa-alaykum salaam.
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD: First
..I would like to thank
Seyyed Javad
for his near-decade service.
As an Iranian,
he dealt with our Iraqi
community with patience.
(MEN CHUCKLE)
God knows we can be a handful.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
Islam teaches us
..to adapt
and live with the times
..to grow and change.
We must not fear it.
I spent the day listening
to your concerns
and thinking of my part in them.
(DOOR OPENS)
So
..I too want to
embrace the change.
Today,
I allowed myself
to be kissed by a woman.
(PEOPLE GASP AND MURMUR)
I examined my intentions
and it was not acceptable.
It was haram.
(PEOPLE MURMUR)
Islam is about peace and unity.
I cannot allow what I did
to divide us.
We can respect others' cultures
without adopting them.
We can be proud of our new home
but still proud of who we are.
Sheikh Shaaker and I
serve one Creator.
And despite the differences
between us,
the community is
our first responsibility.
So
..if, by a miracle,
I win tonight
..I vow to be a leader
for you all.
Those who agree with me
(GROANS SOFTLY)
..and those who don't.
Inshallah.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS
IN ARABIC)
As-salaamu alaykum.
ALL: Alaykum salaam.
(SEYYED MODHAFFAR SPEAKS ARABIC)
(MEN CHUCKLE)
Uh
(TENSE MUSIC)
(DOOR OPENS)
(MEN CHEER)
(SPEAKS INAUDIBLY)
WOMAN: Ooh!
Isa.
(MEN SHOUT)
Jamila.
It all gets a bit too noisy
in there for us.
Yeah.
Hey, Yusuf, buddy boy.
You like those headphones?
(JAMILA CHUCKLES)
Actually, I'm out here
'cause I can't stand
the noise in there too.
(MEN INSIDE SHOUT)
Oh, now you can't hear a thing.
(CHUCKLES)
You OK?
Yeah.
(MEN CHEER AND APPLAUD)
Isa?
(SEYYED MODHAFFAR
CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
When I was a little younger
than Yusuf,
back in the orphanage in Iraq,
playing mhebas with
the other kids,
we just stopped imagining
anyone would come for us,
you know?
Like, love us.
And then
..this man walks in and
..instead of all
the usual questions
about my religion or my tribe,
he asks me who my favourite
soccer player is.
Like how do you repay
a debt like that?
You know?
Love's not a bank loan, Isa.
Never needs to be repaid.
(WHISPERS) Let's go.
SEYYED MODHAFFAR:
..Mohammad Al-Hamedi.
(MEN CHEER)
(SEYYED MODHAFFAR SPEAKS ARABIC)
(SILENCE)
(MEN CHEER AND APPLAUD)
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
(PEOPLE CHEER AND APPLAUD)
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
MEN: Yalla! Yalla!
(TENDER MUSIC)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(SEYYED MODHAFFAR SPEAKS ARABIC)
(MEN CHEER)
Allah!
(ALL CONTINUE CHEERING)
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
(INTENSE MUSIC)
- (INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (WOMEN SPEAK INAUDIBLY)
(MUTTERS IN ARABIC)
(MEN SPEAK INAUDIBLY)
(MAN CALLS OUT IN ARABIC)
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
(MAN SPEAKS ARABIC)
(MEN SHOUT JOYFULLY IN ARABIC)
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(MAN SPEAKS ARABIC)
(MEN RESPOND IN ARABIC)
Did you ever think all those
years ago when we were in prison
you would be
standing here tonight?
- (LAUGHS)
- What, under a chandelier?
(LAUGHS)
- Hey! Hey. Hey.
- (PEOPLE CLAP AND CHANT)
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Where's my dad?
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
Thank you. Thank you.
Where's my Where?
- Congratulations.
- (SPEAKS ARABIC)
(MEN CHANT AND CLAP)
Thank you. (SPEAKS ARABIC)
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
SHEIKH MOHAMMAD:
Didn't I tell you?
You were right, Dad.
(LAUGHS)
(WOMEN ULULATE)
(UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES)
(LIFT DINGS)
Ah, Isa.
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(SPEAKS ARABIC)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
(GENTLE MUSIC)