故事的主人公是一个居家男人,他和一位犹太朋友共同开了一家中东餐馆,就此引发了一系列令人意想不到的事件。本片主要关注了人们对于阿拉伯文化的误解,并展现了在当今社会中,那些阿拉伯裔美国人饱受压力的生存状况……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 price the American dream?