"Episode 4"
What about her niece? Is she an only child?
- Come again? - Is her niece an only child?
No, she has a younger sister
It's her father who pressed charges against Zahra, right?
Exactly, his name is Fawaz, he keeps abusing his little daughters and their mother
He's nothing but a scumbag
Put these back in their places
Hey, Zahra where you at?
I was at the bank and I'm heading back to the neighborhood, what's up?
Meet me at home there's something we need to discuss
I can't right now I have clients at the store
I'll see you at night and we'll talk everything through
- So it's true? - Yes, it's true
But how did you know about this? Who told you?
Who told me? The whole neighborhood people told me about what happened
Everybody around here is babbling nonstop about you, Zahra
Darn it, she's got a big mouth that Najwa I'm sure she spread the news
It's not important who spread it
what's important is knowing if the news is right or wrong
And by the way, you're in love and you don't tell me about it, Zahra
On top of it all you chose a married guy?
What? I'm in love with a married man? Have you lost your mind?
How can you believe something like this?
You must be crazy to think that I could ever date a married man
Who told you this nonsense?
Me? What were you talking about then?
I'm talking about the guy who...
Hold one second
What is this? What's going on here?
Zeeko, let me call you back
What is this?
- What? - What's this junk doing over here?
We're unloading the store's equipment as you see
I can see that but can't you see that you're blocking the entrance to my salon?
My clients can't get into the salon like this?
This is unacceptable, where do you think you are, people? This is not a brothel
Calm down, we're taking everything inside
- No, I won't calm down? - What is this?
- This is unacceptable - What's going on here?
- No clue, it's our respectful neighbors - Who put these here, Zahra?
Let me help you out watch it, you're going to fall down
- Over this way, ma'am - Mind your own business, she's my client
She took the wrong path
- Where's your boss? - Why are you so tense, Countess?
First of all, I'm not a countess, watch your mouth when you're addressing me
- Okay? - Affirmative, I take it back
Forget the countess part my Señor Anas is not available right now
Señor? Do you think this is a Mexican soap opera?
- Anas - He's not here
Why didn't you say so from the beginning? You made me keep blabbering
Give me his phone number
- Zero, three three - Faster
Six, two... I'm trying to remember zero
Read it and let's get this over with what's wrong with you?
- Zero, three, three - Yeah
- Nine - Okay, go ahead
Where you at? Zero, three, three, nine, two...
- Don't sleep on me now - Three, zero, six
Fine, fine
Start moving all this junk away
and stop unloading anything else before I talk to your boss
Countess, let me get this straight I only do what my boss tells me to
If he says unload I start unloading and if he says load I will load the stuff
Fine, fine, and stop calling me, Countess I'm not a friend of yours
- It's Miss Zahra for you - Fine, I take it back
- What a beauty - To hell with you and him
- Hello? - Hello
Why are you unloading the stuff at the store?
We agreed to terminate the contract with Riyad, right?
Hello, neighbor, I'm saving the number is it yours?
Can you come right away to the neighborhood to talk about this?
I have a mutually acceptable solution
I'm sorry, neighbor but I'm a bit busy right now
I'll call you back when I'm free goodbye
Fine...
Yes, okay
Perfect, agreed then
Now can you please ask your employees to take the equipment back?
Yes, there's one of them here next to me what's your name?
- They call me Sameer - They call him Sameer
Fine, would you like to tell him yourself or do you want me to inform them?
Okay then, thank you, I appreciate it
Your boss, the Señor says you should return everything to the truck
and remove everything from the store, okay?
- What's wrong? - He said that?
Do you think I'm lying or something? I was just talking to him
I'm not saying that at all, a Countess like yourself can never lie
You're doing a great job
I beg you to remove this junk I have clients in the salon
- I'm at your service, ma'am - Thank you so much
At your service
At your service, Countess
I can't believe all this beauty
Guys...
- You look really great in this orange dye - Thank you so much, dear
- I loved it - Welcome, you're most welcome
- I hope she's not in a bad mood - Well hello hello, Zahra
Nariman? I swear I didn't recognize you, girl
You see? Mrs. Nariman looks great in this dye, right?
Did you like it?
You look smashing
You look really amazing
I barely recognized you the color looks great on you
You look... I don't know maybe 10 years younger
It looks great on you, I swear
- I'm really stunned - This Lena is priceless
- I know - Don't ever let her leave
- keep her tightly next to you - Of course
I'm holding her by the neck she's very skilled, you're right about that
Great, bye girls, thank you so much
- Thank you, Zahra - Looking great, dear
- You look amazing - Bye, dear
- I'll see you next week - That's for sure
That's too much
What have you done to that woman?
Who asked you to dye her hair?
The salon was filled with clients and Ebtissam was overwhelmed
and I did exactly what she asked for
but from the look of it, I think her hair needs special care
or maybe the dye's quality is cheap
It's not the dye's cheap quality it's your messed up head
You have no experience in dyes to begin with
She's one of the few rich clients we have from outside this neighborhood
stop trying to push them away for God's sake, Lena
This is the last time you're dying anyone's hair
Go start working on Randa's hair
I don't want that orange dye no thank you
No, don't worry, she's a manicure pedicure expert
She loves you, don't worry about a thing
Fine, Randa, fine
Zahra, any good news from the bank?
I went there and asked around but they all laughed at me
they said they stopped giving all types of loans and escorted me out
- What are we going to do then? - There's no solution right now
The solution is crying it's heart out
- Good evening - Welcome
I'd like to blow-dry my hair
Here at the salon? This is going to be a first
I'm saving my money the crisis is hard on us these days
Do you need to wash it first or did you take a shower?
I need to shower it
- Rasha... - Leave Rasha alone, she has another client
I am personally taking care of Hanadi
By the way... congratulations on the new salon
Thank you
You're lucky that your boyfriend took the next door store and not a stranger
Of course
This way you'll get more clients thanks to him and make a fortune together
He's in upholstering and you're a hair stylist
Stop shaking my head so hard
I'm washing it for the third time and it still looks dirty
What do you want me to do?
You can start giving offers for the clients
With every upholstered couch a free haircut
- Stop pulling my hair already - I'm only trying to clean your hair
I want your hair to shine bright
Good for him, he leased your father's store
This way it's a win win situation
and he will be under your constant surveillance
That's not a prerequisite
look at your husband, he's under your constant surveillance
and yet he's always looking at other women
Don't worry about my husband I know how to poke his eyes when he does
just try to keep tour own man
I hope you can really poke his eyes
By the way...
This towel smells bad can you get me another one?
There's something killing me here at the neck
- Where? - Here, can't you cut it out with a scissor?
Sure I can
Ebtissam?
- Give me a pair of scissors - Sure
Here you go
Let's see, the tag is hurting your neck?
Is that better?
I'm sorry, I've cut this lock by accident
- What did you do? - Let me explain
I did this to teach you a lesson
so stop spreading rumors about me in the neighborhood
I'm dating a married man butcher's daughter?
I'm positive it's you who spread this rumor around here
Listen close, I swear by my mom
If I ever know about any other rumor spread by you or anyone else
I won't be cutting your hair next time it's your tongue that's going down the drain
Looking good, you may leave now
That's a relief
Did you see that hideous striped dress? She looks like a walking curtain
She loves being pulled by the hair she's used to that
She loves to be abused like that
Did they offer you anything to drink? Let's drink some yogurt, its relaxing
Did you deliver the goods to the neighborhood?
- Of course, Boss - You made sure no one saw you?
Not a soul, we're trained by the best, Boss
- Let's hope so - God willing
What are you doing here?
I never saw you again ever since I left the neighborhood
My parents forbid me from talking to you
You mean you didn't wish to see me here
Of course I wanted to see you here
- Fadi, what are you doing here? - What does it look like? I'm fishing
It's a good view from over here, right?
You're trying to make a scene in any way possible, look at the people staring
Give me a copy of the key and I won't be feeling like a thief any time I visit you
- Go inside now - After you
Women
Frankly, I don't know what he has to do
Mom, you're well aware of the economic crisis in the country
What you're asking for is merely impossible
Are you doing this on spite to push us to break up?
That piece of scum is doing this on spite
She never liked me anyways
she's been working on driving me away I'm sure of that
Calm down, brother, calm down, dear and let's try to look for a solution
There's no other solution these are my terms
He has 2 months to get a house or he can leave you alone
- Say something, Dad - Dad?
I take the decisions here in this house
Calm down, bro... Zeeko try to calm down
I'm sure it will all be settled
"Zahra Hair Salon"
"No Men Allowed"
Hello?
Yes, dear
How are you, sweety?
Please don't be upset I really couldn't make it
- Sweetheart, honey... - Zahra, why aren't you answering?
- What's wrong? What is it? - Is Sahar here?
No, I didn't see her, did she say she'll be here?
No, she said she's visiting her grandpa but I didn't find her there
What do you mean to say? Sahar is missing?
Damn this day, it's been nothing but trouble why didn't you tell me before, Mayssam?
What am I going to do? Please, God
- Come with me, come - Where to?
- We'll start looking for her - Oh gosh, oh gosh, oh gosh
- Calm down, take it easy - Oh gosh
Let's go, she didn't tell you anything else?
- This is for you - No, thanks, I'm not hungry
Take it, please I prepared it myself
I have to go to work now what are you going to do?
I told you I'm not going back home
Fine, I won't be long I'll be back in an hour or so
Take your hands off of her you bastard
Scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Are you okay? Is something wrong with you?
He's just a lowlife scum come with me now
I can't wait for 24 hours to file a missing person's report
I told you a hundred times not to let her get out on her own
- but you never listen to a word I say - She said she's visiting her grandpa
Really? So why isn't she there? Because she's as stubborn as her mom
and this is result, she left home and she's nowhere to be found now
I'll deal with both of you later
Where could she be now, Zahra?
- As if the vanished in thin air - You didn't find her?
Maybe she got hit by a car
Where could she go? Can someone please explain?
She never left the neighborhood before
Anything from your side?
I went all the way to the end of the neighborhood and I didn't find her
Oh gosh
Don't worry, dear we're almost there
- I can't believe this messed up day - What are we going to tell her mom?
I'm going crazy, I can't imagine what might have happened to her
I don't know what to do anymore
- We're here at the neighborhood - Sahar, there she is
- There's auntie - Sahoura...
- Sweetheart, honey - Sahoura
Where were you, dear?
- Where were you sweety? - Thank God for her safety
What's wrong with you? Sahar?
What's wrong, sweety?
- Answer me, sweety - Sahoura...
- Sweety - Sahoura
What happened to her?
Take her home now and we'll talk about this tomorrow
I need to know what happened now why is she stunned and silent?
May I speak to you privately, Miss Zahra?
Take her
- What's wrong? - I can't speak in front of her
Start talking and tell me what happened
Someone tried to harass her
- I don't believe this - I'm telling it to you as it is
I don't believe you, you're lying
Liar, I don't believe you what do you mean by that?
Do you have any idea what you're saying?
Who's this filthy animal? What did he do to her?
- Calm down - Speak, tell me what he did
I said calm down
I didn't let him do anything I saved her at the nick of time
Calm down
The girl is still under shock and that's she's still silent
Calm her down now and we'll talk about this tomorrow when you're calmer
Do as I'm telling you
Good night
- Zahra, what happened? - What did he say?
Come with me, sweety
- What happened, Zahra? - Someone harassed her
What? Really?
Sweety, try to explain to me what's wrong with you
I beg you, speak to me
Fawwaz, stop the car it's Sahar
Sweety... sweetheart
Honey, where were you sweetheart?
Where did you find her?
How many times did I tell you not to leave home all alone?
Why don't you get this in your head? Where did you go? Where were you?
Fawwaz, I beg you please don't hit her
Do not interfere, this is a family issue and you have nothing to do with this
You can't say that, she's my niece
And I'm her father and this is her mother
and when we're here you don't have a say in anything
When we're dead you may be her guardian
- Get in the car - Calm down, don't push her
- Leave me alone - Sweetheart, are you alright?
Come closer, come closer, baby get in here, baby
What a scumbag
Come close to me, baby
What's your relationship with my daughter?
Why don't you ask her? What's that got to do with me?
You mean to say that you know she's my daughter
and you know what I'm talking about
and this means that what I've been hearing is correct
Listen here, boy
Baheej, take your hand off me before anything else
First of all, I'm the Boss Baheej
I repeat, take your hand off of me so I can hear you
Now I can hear you go ahead
Anas, come with me I want to talk to you
No, no, I can't believe the audacity
Why don't you escort him to room 102 while I'm watching?
I left the rooms to you and your clients
- Come with me - Look here
There's something I need to say to the both of you
Get your hand off of me and don't you dare touch me again
Come with me
Miss Zahra, frankly you have to find a solution for the trouble you got me into
You must make things clear I hate getting into trouble and blabbering
I need to know exactly what happened
Sometimes I feel you're not living in this neighborhood
- everybody's talking about us... - I meant Sahar, what happened to her?
She was on her own in the street and a guy tried to harass her
- and what happened after that? - I kicked his ass and brought her here
Who's this guy you're talking about?
How do I know it was just a random guy
Where did this happen? In this neighborhood?
No, it was somewhere near and it's a neighborhood filled with the dregs of society
Oh really? And what took you to that neighborhood?
I was taking a walk, I wanted to discover a new area
and while I was walking in these neighborhoods I found myself there
And coincidentally someone came and harassed her
and it happened that you were passing by and you found her and saved her?
- What a coincidence - Thank God for His mercy
Are you taking me for a fool? Don't play dumb
How did you know she lives here and how did you know she's my niece?
- She told me so - How come?
She didn't say a word to me and she's been stunned ever since she came back
By the way, I don't like what you're trying to insinuate at
and by the way I didn't believe a word you said
I saved your niece you should be thanking me now instead of accusing me
I will press charges at the police station and then we'll see
if I'm gonna have to thank you or press charges against you
Hello
Listen here, take your bag and leave
How dare you get into my room and touch my stuff?
I'm the boss around here and I may enter anywhere I want and whenever I want
Take your belongings and leave, I have enough trouble already
- But Mr. Baheej... - I said take your belongings and leave
Where do you want me to go in the middle of the night?
Go back home, go back to your wife and kids
What are you still waiting for?
Take your belongings and leave I don't wish to see you here anymore
I swear it, Baheej, what you heard about me is completely false
I'm not married and I don't have kids either
And now try to convince me that you're not in a relationship with my daughter Zahra
There is a certain relationship, yes
And... do you plan on doing the right thing?
Of course
Then let's read the Fatiha
- What for exactly? - For good luck
So? Do we have an agreement? Can we pray the Fatiha
or do you prefer to leave?
In the name of God...
Congratulations, father-in-law
Oh gosh
Listen here, if you ever leave the house I'm breaking your legs, understood?
Fawwaz, please, she understood that she made a mistake and she won't do it again
- Mom... - Look at the audacity, look
Calm down, Fawwaz, calm down
Leave us alone, I need to talk to her
- Go get the door - Fine
Sweetheart, I got so worried about you
Don't ever do this to me again alright?
This could be the end of me, baby
Here comes the neighborhood boss
You barely leave this house before coming back
I already told you it's a family issue and that you have nothing to do with it
What brought you now?
Fawwaz, let's put our differences aside for once in your life
I need to see Sahar I'm so worried about her
- Sahar is sleeping - I don't think she slept this fast
Don't take this out of its proportions, Fawwaz she's my niece and I need to see her
She's fine, don't fret about her
she roamed the streets for a while and got back home late
No, Fawwaz, the kid was terrified and didn't say a word
Maybe someone attacked her or harassed her
We must take her to the police station to press charges, she must see a doctor
What are you saying? Why do we need to file a report and see a doctor?
You're here to bring shame to my daughter and ruin her future
Look at me, Zahra, don't you dare open this discussion again
She just got lost for a while and returned home in a late hour and that's it
I don't want you to make a big fuss out of this. okay?
You're worried about the fuss but you're not interested to know
if someone did something to your daughter?
Did you even look at her?
Did you hug her and talk to her?
Are you really convinced that your daughter is fine?
Yes, she's fine, you just stay away from her and everyone's going to be okay
Listen here, Zahra don't interfere in our lives, leave us alone
Enough already
Zahra, I can throw you in jail
I care less about you and prison and the law and the restraining order
I don't care about all that do whatever you want
- Step aside, Mayssam - Zahra, please leave
I'm not leaving
I said step aside and let me see her
Zahra, leave
Listen to your sister or you will regret it
Mind your business
Mayssam, for the sake of Sahar... let me see her
Zahra, for Sahar's sake, leave
You're making a big mistake
Dabbus
Come with me, let's open the door
Come, come, fine get down, come
Come inside, dear
Any good news?
Did she tell you anything? Have you seen her?
No, that scumbag didn't let me see her
Poor kid, no one knows what she's really going through
I'm so heartbroken, I can't imagine what she's feeling right now
Zahra, I think you're exaggerating
No, Ebtissam, I'm not exaggerating it is a big deal already
The kid is shocked and she didn't say a single word
Maybe something bad happened to her
the problem is that her father is a scumbag and her mother is naive
and my hands are tied and I can't help her out
If only I can do something about it
This girl is going to suffer from psychological problems and no one feels her pain
And if here father isn't filing a report to reveal the truth
I will file the report myself be it the easy way or the hard way
I will get to the bottom of this
and if Anas has anything to do with this incident he will answer to me
I won't let this go unnoticed
- Calm down, dear - I don't want to calm down, Ebtissam
I've had enough
It's enough that my sister is being abused... now it's her daughters?
Take it easy, dear
Well that's great
What brought you here now?
I know you won't answer me if I say "good evening"
You never answered me
But I'm here... I came to tell you that I closed the motel a while back
I got a new job now in a decent place
It's a very good post
Zeeko is a young man now
He's soon to be married, I paid for the first installment of his new apartment
He owns his own garage now
He's a car mechanic
It's the biggest garage in Beirut
We'll be celebrating his wedding at the end of summer
I will give him a dream wedding
Mayssam... if only you could see her daughters
They are growing up and turning into beautiful girls
As for Fawwaz, he's now the smoothest guy around here
He's worthy of all the praise we could ever bring
Zahra...
You'd do anything to see how she turned out to be
We solved all our differences
and we're more than best friends now
She's proud of me now
Zahra is in love now she's in love with someone
She didn't tell me who it is yet
Zahra is very discreet
she's just like you she keeps everything in her heart
I missed you
Without you in my life... I feel very lonely
I feel cold
Okay...
No, stay in the main road
Keep going until you see the Manakish shop
and then take the next turn after that shop
Keep going... that's right it's a narrow street
Okay... yes this is it I'll be waiting outside, okay
Zahra
Ebtissam, don't start on me I beg you
Zahra, I know how worried you are about Sahar
but you're taking this out of its proportions
If he really abuse her yesterday he wouldn't have brought her here
We're going to repeat the same things we said yesterday?
I don't feel at ease when he's around
stop trying to convince me otherwise let me be
"No Men Allowed"
Stay here and prepare the store I will wait for him outside
You're here
You didn't get lost you got here easily, right?
- Yes, it was easy - Perfect
- Thank you for your efforts - You're welcome
Damn you you piece of trash
Look how she cut my hair
You told me this story a thousand times
I got it, I really got it, Hanadi
- It looks like you're annoyed - No, I'm not annoyed
Why would I be annoyed?
You've been nagging at the same things ever since we got married
You're always fighting with her I'm fed up with this, I'm really fed up
Why did you go to her salon by the way?
Now it's my fault because I went to her salon?
So it's not her fault because she cut my curl?
You know? It's neither your fault nor hers
It's my fault and no one else but me
What do you mean by that?
You mean that you regretting breaking up with her and marrying me?
- Did I just say so, Hanadi? - What did you say then?
Listen, Hanadi, you have to quit hallucinating about Zahra
she means nothing to me
No, that's obvious it's obvious that she means nothing to you
Ever since you knew she's in love with someone you became stressed all the time
Hanadi, you really need to calm down
You see how tense you are?
And on top of that I told you she cut my curl
and yet you didn't move a muscle
What do you want me to do about it? Tell me
You need to go and teach her lesson
At your service
That's my man
Before you start installing the gadgets let's get things clear
and don't start telling me you're making me pay according to the dollar and lollar rate
Give it to me straight
Don't worry about a thing you can pay in any way you want
Thank you but I prefer to know how much is this going to cost me
I owe your brother Zeeko lots of favors
He repaired my car and I owe him so don't worry about a thing
I love my brother I don't know how I can repay him
I got you these cameras from the market
- and you may say they're used - Fine
and the wireless camera you asked for... this is it
Perfect, so... how much do I owe you?
- 150 dollars? - What? 150 dollars?
- Let's say 1.5 million L.P then - How nice
1.5 million liras for used cameras? What if they were knew?
I'm paying one million and not a pound more
I'm paying 200 thousand now and the rest as installments
But ma'am, that's nothing but peanuts I'll be losing money this way
Listen, I'll pay another 100 thousand as your wage
Are you married?
It's all settled then, send the ma'am and we'll take real good care of her
She will get back home as a new person
she can benefit from our services free of charge for a period of one month
You're welcome, she may start coming any time she likes
- Agreed? - Fine
Perfect, let's start the installation then
Hello?
Yes, honey?
No, I'm seeing you for sure today