Ajami

Misunderstanding and violence spiral out of control in Palestine and Israel. Omar has to pay for his uncle's mistake; Malek is a Palestinian `illegal' from Nablus who is working for Abu-Elias to pay off his mother's medical bills; Dando is an Israeli policeman distraught at the disappearance of his conscripted brother; and Binj is an apolitical, hedonistic Arab despised by his friends for having a Jewish girlfriend.