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Release Date: 2012

Cast: Erick Avari, Tony Shalhoub, Sammy Sheik, Michael Bretten, Tim Guinee, Mike Batayeh, Sayed Badreya, Tay Blessey, Anthony Azizi, Christopher Carley, Sarah Shahi, Mark Daniel Cade

Categories: Movies, Romance Film, Indie, Romantic Drama, Drama Film

AmericanEast is a 2007 American drama film about Arab-Americans living in Post-9/11 Los Angeles. The story examines long-held misunderstandings about Arabic and Islamic culture, and puts a human face on a segment of the U.S. population whom most Americans know nothing about, but who today are of particular interest to them, either from curiosity or suspicion. The story highlights the pressures under which many Arab-Americans now live by focusing on the points-of-view of three main characters. Mustafa (Sayed Badreya) is a widowed Egyptian immigrant and the owner of Habibe’s Café, a... MORE

AmericanEast is a 2007 American drama film about Arab-Americans living in Post-9/11 Los Angeles. The story examines long-held misunderstandings about Arabic and Islamic culture, and puts a human face on a segment of the U.S. population whom most Americans know nothing about, but who today are of particular interest to them, either from curiosity or suspicion. The story highlights the pressures under which many Arab-Americans now live by focusing on the points-of-view of three main characters. Mustafa (Sayed Badreya) is a widowed Egyptian immigrant and the owner of Habibe’s Café, a popular hang-out for Los Angelenos with Middle Eastern backgrounds. He is devoted to providing his son Richard Chagoury with a moral upbringing despite the pressures of contemporary American urban life. He also finds himself cast in the role of protector to his unwed sister Salwah (Sarah Shahi), for whom, by family and tribal custom, he is responsible for finding a traditional suitor. But his respect for tradition comes up against his own aspirations to adapt to the American Dream when he decides to open a new restaurant with a Jewish partner – his friend Sam (Tony Shalhoub). This unholy alliance is LESS