Love Is Blind: Habibi (2024) s01e06 Episode Script

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This is my first time getting a facial.
Really?
My love!
Is there a better way
to spend the morning?
LOVE IS BLIND, HABIBI
- What are you thinking about?
- Choose a place.
- What a good morning!
- Good morning!
- How is it going?
- All good!
How are you? I want to kiss you all,
I love you! You look great!
KHALED SAQER AND ELHAM ALI
- God bless you.
- Keep up the good work.
How is the happy vacation
in this magical place?
- So nice.
- So nice.
"Nice" isn't enough of an answer for me.
I need to know the details!
- Amazing!
- Amazing, huh?
Yeah, amazing!
I'm very curious, do you believe
there's a certain age for marriage?
I personally believe
there's no certain age for marriage.
As long as one is comfortable
with their life partner,
I might have accidentally heard that
a small nice fight happened yesterday
Did anything happen, guys?
I want to make sure, what was it?
What happened?
I was sitting on the couch, I knew a girl
from outside this experiment
Once she was around, I
You seem a bit angry.
Of course I'm angry.
She sat and turned her back to me.
So basically
- You got upset?
- I was upset.
We both got upset
and had a huge long discussion.
It's rude to sit with someone
with your back turned to them.
You know, I have things to say.
How did it end?
It obviously ended on a good note.
- It ended thanks to Ammar!
- Ammar! Ammar!
Ammar!
I couldn't just let them fight.
I said, "Let's settle this down."
- Nice, you did well.
- God bless you.
When we started seeing
each other every day
DOUNIA AND CHAFIC
It's normal that we would fight.
Karma and Ammar,
tell me about this experiment.
What changed? What do you feel right now?
We didn't expect it
to go like this at all.
We didn't think
we'd share such a strong connection
I think love is truly blind.
- Wow, bravo!
- Wow, how nice!
Tell me, Ammar. Did you and Karma
discuss future plans?
Can you live under one roof
and build a proper marital relationship?
We tried as much as possible
to discuss everything.
During the time we spent together
in the pods.
We talked about a lot of things.
I think that we didn't leave anything out.
All me and Karma can do now is wait
and see what the future holds.
We don't see eye to eye about the dancing
issue, we haven't discussed it yet.
KARMA AND AMMAR
We haven't made that
decision together yet.
You can't make big life
decisions overnight.
Tell me, Mohammad. How are things
with you? How was the last phase?
Things are good overall.
What a journey with her, honestly!
We're still trying
to get to know each other,
but I can't even find
a single flaw to her.
- I'm sure she found a lot of flaws in me
- Wow!
but I can't find any.
- Sweetheart!
- God bless you two!
I hope that too.
In the first phase of this experiment,
the heart chose when the eye couldn't see.
You spent enough time in this resort
And you had this beautiful vacation
to get to know each other better.
But it's time for us to tell you that
this happy vacation has come to an end.
Now, it's time to get back to reality.
Go back to our lives, homes, families,
friends, jobs
To our social lives.
And of course, Khaled, what happens now
that we're going back to reality?
There's bread here, you guys.
We have a surprise for you!
You get your phones back.
Here you go.
You're welcome.
I literally don't know my password
anymore. I forgot how to use it.
But she jumped back into it right away!
I forgot about him.
SAFA AND MOHAMMAD
Exactly! She forgot about me,
that's what happened.
Now that you got your phones back,
you can contact your families,
friends and acquaintances
And start telling them
about your chosen life partners.
In every romantic relationship,
it's normal that you face challenges.
It happens in every relationship.
Convincing your parents, friends
of the life partner you've chosen
With differences in culture
and environment
Especially, with the wedding date
right around the corner
in almost three weeks.
You've built romantic relationships
and developed strong emotions,
but I have a question.
Will love remain blind?
Or will it be affected by other factors?
I personally wish your love remains blind,
until that moment you say "I do"
On the day you tie the knot
and get married.
The back-to-real-life phase will surely
be a bit difficult
DOUNIA AND CHAFIC
because we still haven't gotten
to know each other fully.
We'll be able to see sides of our lives
we haven't seen before.
And we need to learn how to deal
with that, I think.
Well, Khatab and Asma, have you discussed
together any challenges
During the reconciliation or the calls
that happened between you?
Or did you not speak
about your future challenges?
Of course, we talked about
a lot of things, what our routine will be
Since I have more than one job
and she's busy too, God bless.
Our parents travel a lot, too,
between Canada and Dubai.
So we talked about how our family dynamics
will go when we have children.
We'll hopefully organize our schedule
We talked about building the basis
for our family to be completely ready
And not fall into chaos.
Asma's parents live in Canada
and mine are in the UAE.
What matters to me the most
in the coming days
I want to make sure that my parents
are in line with everything.
And get to know Khatab better
and see him through my eyes.
And we'll take it from there! God willing.
May all your steps be blessed,
I wish you all luck.
I wish you a long life filled
with eternal love.
- Me too.
- Good luck.
There's delicious food
in front of you, guys.
- You want breakfast?
- I didn't eat breakfast, Khaled.
Is there falafel there
Kiswani!
- Is there any falafel?
- You should bring the pickles.
Hold on guys.
Each of you should know what food
their partner's like and don't like.
Khaled knows I don't like falafel.
Yes, but the falafel is for me, not you.
Is there falafel or
Okay, Khaled. You started this, finish it.
Take them all.
Love is blind, habibi.
- Okay, keep it up guys.
- See you later!
Even since we started
the pods up until now
I've been dying to talk
to my sister Nihal.
I can't wait to tell her everything.
Hello?
Hello!
Hi, Nunu! I miss you.
I miss you so much too! How are you?
NIHAL
ASMA'S SISTER
Well, when do we get to meet him?
- hopefully.
- Yes, we have to! Oh, my God!
Get your dress ready, Nihal!
I can't believe it, I swear!
HASSOUNI
How are you?
HUSSEIN, SAFA'S BROTHER
So, I finished
the first phase of the experiment,
Hi, Hussein, how are you?
Hussein is the closest person to me.
He's been a father figure
since I was a child.
We're leaving tonight so I'm packing.
Definitely not going to forget this.
I miss work, I miss DJing
I'll take you outside
and show you one of the guys here.
It's Mr. Mohammad Kiswani
in the building.
- Hello, hello!
- What's up?
- Are you excited to go back home?
- I am. Are you excited for work?
Yeah, yeah. Well, not so much.
But we want to go home.
I'm honestly very excited to see
how what I have with Ammar
will look like in real life.
Each of us will go back to their life,
so we'll see how it goes.
To be honest,
this is what I call the real phase.
AMMAR, 30
DENTIS
And it will reveal the truth about
Karma's and my relationship.
It's a very sensitive phase
and it will be decisive.
We finally landed in
- Dubai!
- Dubai!
The wedding is in three weeks.
Nervous, yeah.
DOUNIA, 24
CONTENT CREATOR
The most important thing is that
Chafic will see Dounia
in her normal life. She has a job,
We'll see how I'm able to balance my time
between my work and seeing Chafic.
And the same goes for him,
how he'll balance it all.
But I know that surely there will be big
challenges we'll have to face together.
First thing I did in Dubai,
was get on YouTube.
MOHAMMAD, 36
MARKETING AND BRAND MANAGER
All the football goals I missed
All the games I missed,
I made a huge recap.
I want to feel like
I gained some normality back.
So far, this experience feels
like a dream that's fading away.
SAFA, 37
ENERGY FINANCE MANAGER
I want to remind myself
of the things that happened
And I want to adapt to them
and learn to live with it.
If me and Karma want to be together,
we have to reach an advanced level
of understanding.
All I can think about is making sure
Karma and I have a happy relationship.
- I'm glad you had a safe trip.
- Me too.
We're finally back to our normal lives.
It's a strange feeling.
KHATAB, 32
ARCHITECT, DJ AND MUSIC PRODUCER
I feel as if I was removed
from Earth then came back.
And I feel like life
as I know it has changed.
Hello, Khatoubi!
We missed you.
- How are you?
- Good, how did you do?
- It was good.
- How have you been? We missed you, love.
- How are you?
- Good. How was it, good?
- Come on.
- It's hot, come on. We missed you!
From the moment I saw Khatab,
it was like my heart drinking
a glass of cool water.
RAGHAD, KHATAB'S MOTHER
I missed Khatab a lot.
- How was the experience?
- It went well, thank God.
- Was it good?
- Yes.
Come on, I need all the details.
Tell me.
Good, everything went well.
I met a girl called Asma.
- Yes.
- From Egypt.
Egyptian? Why did you choose her
from the girls?
Because she's such a well-raised girl.
She has her own business.
She works at a big company, too,
and she's well-educated.
Her parents live in Canada
and she used to live there too.
But born in Saudi Arabia.
- Did she study in Canada or in Egypt?
- Egypt.
- What did she study?
- She studied business marketing in Egypt.
Business? That's good. I want to find out
what she knows about life.
What's her experience regarding family?
What's her idea of family?
Did you discuss this?
Of course. One of the things
I liked is how close she is to her family.
The good thing is we agreed on waiting
about two years to have children.
- Yes?
- So we can get to know each other
- and build a strong foundation first.
- Yes.
We agreed that when we have kids,
she'll take a break.
- Of course, yes.
- She has no problem with that.
Good. She'll stay home
to raise them? Perfect.
Definitely. She has no problem
with that at all.
You'd be our first child to get married,
so I want to understand.
Did you agree on how the wedding will be
and how you'll handle these details?
Have you discussed this or not yet?
We talked through
these details thoroughly.
The thing is that
according to the experiment,
the wedding is supposed
to be in a few days.
- That soon?
- Yes.
Give us some time to meet her,
get to know her
Meet her parents,
and ask about all the details.
Because you'll become
a part of two families now.
- Yes.
- Her family and yours.
We need to get along
because we're gonna be family
for the rest of our lives.
I'm a bit worried about
how fast it's happening.
I'd prefer he takes things slower
because the idea of marriage isn't easy.
I don't want Khatab
to rush into this decision.
I want him to take his time.
- Hi, my love.
- What's up?
I'm home. How's everything with you?
All good.
I'm good. I'm a bit tired but I talked
to my mom about the experiment.
And I told her a bit about you.
What did she think?
- Me too.
- As you said, of course,
everything is happening so fast.
They won't fully
understand the experiment.
But we'll explain it to them step by step.
Yeah, I just wanted to update you,
reassure you
- We need to rest because we have work
- Exactly.
ahead of us, back to our lives
- Right.
- Yes, God willing.
Have a good night
and I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay.
- Okay, love. Good night, bye-bye.
- Take care, bye.
Now that I have a partner,
it brought some happiness into my life
Regarding my feelings and emotions.
So life changed for the better now.
Life as I know it is no more,
because life to me
is now my life with Asma.
How are you?
I'm seeing my friends today,
they're a second family to me.
- I'm glad you're back safe.
- Thank you.
SAFA'S FRIENDS
- How was it?
- It was very nice.
I don't think I've ever experienced
anything like it in my life at all.
On the first day,
they took our phones away
and it felt like something was missing.
the experience lets you think
things through.
You and yourself, that's all.
So I literally got engaged after
If you count the time overall
How did you feel when you first saw him?
I was going to faint,
my legs were shaking.
Even in the pods,
one of the reasons why I chose him
All my friends are married
and have children.
They're all waiting to see
when Safa will get engaged.
And when there's going to be
someone in her life.
They're all very happy
But some cannot believe
I could get engaged
in such a short period of time.
I know you can't believe it either,
but it's real.
19 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING
DOUNIA AND CHAFIC
All good?
Today is the first time I meet
a girl's mom.
CHAFIC, 27,
BUSINESSMAN
Ready?
I'm a bit nervous.
- A bit stressed?
- A bit, feel it.
- It's okay.
- How do I
- Let's go.
- Let's go.
I prepared my outfit two days ahead.
I tried to wear something that
covers my hand to hide my tattoos
to be more respectful.
Mom.
MONA, DOUNIA'S MOTHER
- This is Chafic!
- Good evening.
Hello.
- Going well?
- How are you?
I'm good.
Thank you! Thank you!
This is Chafic, I've told you about him.
She told me a lot about you.
I'm her mom.
That's normal!
I thought you had to meet him
because your opinion matters the most.
Definitely.
I have two daughters,
and Dounia is the oxygen
that keeps me alive.
My heart.
If my daughter will have a partner,
he has to have certain traits.
First, respect.
Second, he has to have a man's pride.
A real man.
- I know, okay.
- Third, family.
I want for your parents
to like her, hopefully.
Happy about it.
Not just happy, ecstatic.
I told my mom that one cannot find
such a girl these days.
That's why I'm trying to be
Listen, Chafic. I swear to God,
like the Lebanese would say
If you break my daughter's pride
I swear on my mother's life!
- If you play with my daughter's emotions
- No, no.
- But I'm, you know
- You are done!
I asked him not to trample on her dignity.
MONA DOUNIA'S MOTHER
Because her dignity is the only thing
that might tear them apart.
When I say, "torn apart",
There's no coming back from that.
I know my daughter well.
Thank you.
Look, Chafic, my son. I have no objection,
God bless you together.
My daughter's happiness
is above all to me.
I told her from day one that
I'd respect her
like I respect my sister and my mom.
In my head, divorce doesn't exist.
Yes.
If I get married, then it's for life.
Amazing.
I'm thinking and hoping
with all my heart and soul
that Chafic doesn't misspeak.
Listen, what you just said,
we've lost that nowadays.
Unfortunately, divorce is as normal
as marriage now.
And the victims are the children
such as Dounia.
You got me?
Dounia was raised by a mother,
who played the mother and the father.
For her, I pray that
you'll be a good husband.
For me, you'll be the father, husband,
sweetheart, the support and backbone.
The one thing I ask of you,
it's my only demand
If you are fated to be together,
take good care of her.
Dounia, since the day she was born,
from the day she came out from here,
she's been here.
Now, I hand her over to you
from here to here.
And it was lifted.
KARMA AND AMMAR
How are you, Sama?
Please prepare the room for the patient.
I'm almost there.
I couldn't see Ammar the past two days
since I had so much to do.
Let me see.
I'm a bit busy with work
and I think the same goes for Karma.
So maybe we haven't been talking
because we've both been very busy.
To be honest, Ammar and I haven't been
talking much on the phone.
We like to save our conversations
for our dates.
Good morning!
How are you?
I'm good.
- Thank God. How about you?
- I'm good.
Today is the first time Ammar and I meet
since we came back to Dubai.
I thought deeply about a lot of things
and we need to talk about them today.
How have you been?
Well, thank God.
What did you do? Did you get some rest?
Yes, I slept a lot and worked a lot.
I felt that you were tired
when we first came back.
Right, yesterday was the first time
I got into my kitchen to cook.
So I'm like "I miss cooking!"
- You didn't tell me what you made.
- Pasta.
You didn't think of me,
didn't invite nor offer me some, nothing!
Well, you're working
You're busy with work, Doctor!
You always have reasons.
My work, I'm busy
Don't justify it and pin it on me.
If I had called, would you have come?
Why wouldn't I come?
Because you're busy with work,
you've been distant.
Thank you.
How's work?
It's good. Taking it day by day.
God help you.
Yeah, it's exhausting.
There's something very important
we need to talk about.
Did you think things through?
What did you decide?
I thought things through.
Listen, before you say anything,
keep in mind that I will have a reaction
to whatever you say.
Of course.
So we disagreed
on the issue of dancing, yes?
Okay.
- Yes, we disagreed on that issue.
- Yes, we disagreed.
What did you decide?
You told me you would never
in your life accept this.
Sure.
- I told you the first day we met that
- Sure.
it was completely unacceptable for me.
I don't think any man would accept it.
No, that's a different story.
I want to focus on you.
We'll see about other men.
I'm with you now.
And I decided that
we should not continue together.
Because I choose dancing,
I choose art
and I choose my life, honestly.
So you'd sacrifice the entire relationship
for the sake of dancing?
No, it's not like that.
You said it's a no, right?
Of course.
So the door is closed.
There's no room for discussion.
Absolutely, but let me tell you
my honest opinion.
- You're making your life difficult.
- Yes.
If you want everything to be perfect
- I'll assure you, it won't work.
- Sure.
Things will always be less than perfect.
You gave up love for this trivial issue.
This isn't right, it's not right.
Let me tell you why it's right.
Every person in the world
has their own identity and existence.
It's what makes them who they are.
They sometimes have to sacrifice
a relationship for something
important in their life
- What did you call it, a trivial issue?
- A trivial issue.
It's not trivial to me,
it's a huge part of my whole life.
It's not a nice thing,
it's frowned upon in our Arab society.
As an Arab Middle Eastern man,
I don't accept it.
And you can't just tell me that
this is your life.
If this is your life,
it's nice of you to tell me.
I cannot accept that my wife
will be a belly dancer, pardon me.
- It's all right, say what you want.
- I can't accept it.
I think Karma doesn't understand
the concept of a man.
She might find someone,
but he won't be a man.
- It's done.
- We'll go our separate ways.
I understand that he got upset
and lost his temper.
All right, then.
- It's done.
- It's done.
Let me give you a kiss
and hug you goodbye.
I'm sorry, I only want to shake hands.
- Okay! As you wish.
- Let's just shake hands.
Goodbye.
We're not close any more
for you to give me a kiss.
It's over.
I wish he had dealt
with this more respectfully.
I wish you all the love and peace, Ammar.
I love my own spirit more than
anything else.
As a woman and a human being,
God created me free.
I think the best thing a person
can do is be true to themselves.
Because if you can live your truth
and love your own soul
Love will be everywhere.
Love isn't always sweet.
It is bittersweet.
With Karma, I felt what I normally feel
when I love a girl.
What happened is proof that love
is truly blind, but unfortunately
What's done is done.
ASMA AND KHATAB
It's nice here, right?
So, tell me.
- You tell me.
- How are things on your side?
My parents would prefer to meet you first
How do they want to make it happen?
Do they want me to go see them
or will they come to Dubai?
Well, initially
they'll come here, hopefully.
They want to meet you in person
and get to know you better.
- I'm excited.
- I said this to my parents as well.
I talked to them about it.
And my mom said it's traditionally
- the right thing to do
- Right.
That I should go introduce myself to them,
and then you meet my family.
Then they can meet each other
and we see how it goes.
God willing, I hope everything works out.
Of course.
I know they'll like you,
I'm not worried about that.
But I just want to make sure
that this makes sense to them.
Of course.
We're meeting Asma's friends today.
This is an important step for me
and I'm super excited.
- How's it going?
- Good, how are you?
- I'm Khatab.
- Not gathering this yet.
- Nada. Chris.
- Nice to meet you, hello.
Please, sit!
ASMA, 33, REGIONAL MARKETING
MANAGER AND ENTREPRENEUR
It's important my friends
meet him and love him,
it would make our social life easier.
It's someone who's going to be
Asma's partner
NADA,
ASMA'S FRIEND
Asma's my best friend.
We're meeting him for the first time.
That's the important question,
we'll find out.
- Welcome to Dubai!
- You're a mix between Egyptian and
- Surprise, right?
- Where are you from, Chris?
I'm German.
- What about you? Where are you from?
- I'm Iraqi and Canadian as well.
- Nice.
- An architect by day and a DJ by night.
- Music producer.
- Yes, night then day and night.
Working hard, not hardly working!
round the clock!
A DJ! That's very random.
How did you get into it?
- That's your thing!
- Okay. That's amazing.
- Count me in!
- Yeah?
She and you share architecture
- and he and you share music.
- And with music I won!
Okay, what would you say
is your difficult personality trait
I like my time planned
and scheduling and all that.
- I'm
- She's Egyptian!
- It's in our DNA!
- Hold on, girl! Don't scare the guy away!
Okay, guys. I'll go to the bathroom
and be back. I don't want any scandals!
Okay. All right.
What do you want to ask?
This is your chance!
I think Asma's "red flag"
is not really a red flag
one day she's here,
another she's somewhere else.
But why hasn't she gotten married yet?
Hello, peace be upon you.
No, not at all.
- You ruined my marriage plans in a second!
- Yes.
I feel as if I've known them for years,
God bless them.
I got to understand why Asma is so Asma.
SAFA AND MOHAMMAD
- Hop in.
- Good, thank God.
I'm glad you arrived here safely.
God bless you.
As soon as Safa got in the car
She replaced the rowdy guys
that usually sit next to me.
Finally, there is a female element
entering the situation.
A bit of tenderness, I felt relaxed.
I cleaned up the house a bit.
And I tidied things up.
But of course, you'll come
and add your special touches.
- I'm sure I'll like it.
- Yeah?
- I feel I'll like your style.
- Are you sure?
- I don't know, I'm sure. I have a feeling.
- You don't know but you're sure?
The house is only missing some love
and affection, you'll complete it.
We'll see if we can add room for the baby.
Sure, didn't we agree?
I mean, let's say in a year, tops!
We'll wait another year
for the baby to be born.
We need to be ready.
It will be in a year and nine months.
We should at least get to know
each other better.
Get to know who better? You're my wife,
how do we know each other better?
I'm worried that things
are going too fast.
Yes. You're right
Do you feel like
We truly got to know each other?
- By the way, I'm your fiancé, Mohammad.
- I don't know.
Maybe it's that
I was never engaged before.
It's a strange feeling.
What?
- Straight away?
- Yeah.
Nice, I like to spend
my honeymoon alone. Perfect.
Do you have to travel
straight after the wedding?
- I mean
- A day or two, it depends
- In the wedding dress?
- I meant a day or two after the wedding.
- Are you serious?
- I swear.
- How long will you be gone for?
- I'll be back in three, four days.
- Then you'll be back?
- Yes.
But can't you take a vacation?
I already took a vacation.
I've been on a month-long vacation.
We've talked about this.
You said you can take vacations, right?
But I didn't say
I can take two vacations in a row.
I supposedly just started my job
according to the new contract.
You can't start
and take a vacation, right?
Yes, love, but think about it.
It would be our first day
starting a life under one roof.
The second day.
It would be hard to deal with this
right from the start.
17 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING
Khaldoun, Dounia.
I've told you about her before.
- We'll play and get to know each other.
- Get to know each other.
- Let's go.
- Is that okay?
I hope she doesn't embarrass me
when we play!
Let's go. Slowly, well done.
- Come forward!
- I felt a bit useless.
I like it, though. I think I was just
stressing a bit too much.
You had fun?
- We defeated you.
- No, we won! Or did you win?
- No, you won.
- I still don't know who won.
Now what?
Yeah, so we were talking
for like two weeks, without seeing her.
It was just talk,
you cannot trust things like this.
I don't know. I feel like,
you know when there is a connection?
- Yeah.
- And sometimes you can't tell
But you're not telling me
what the connection is.
- I'm saying values
- Yeah.
- I don't know
- Values mostly, you mean?
- Values, principles
- Yeah.
- When she was talking
- Do you think Chafic has values?
Hopefully, he doesn't ruin it all
and call me out!
- Please!
- She was happy there!
You don't know everything about him,
that's why!
- Don't say that!
- This is interesting.
If something bad happens, it's on you!
He does have values. He just needs some
what they call maintenance.
I don't think I found out a lot
when I met one of his friends,
to be honest.
Like, I will go to someone
who raised him his whole life, obviously.
Now, I just need the more important step.
My mom and dad.
So we are flying to Lebanon,
to introduce Dounia to my mom and dad.
14 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING
LEBANON
It's the first time
my mom and dad meet a girl.
I'm relaxed, because I know that
the values Dounia lives by
Hello, my darling!
My love!
Mom!
Hello.
Thank you so much, dear!
This is Dounia.
I'm very happy but at the same time
a bit nervous.
I know, I'm very happy too.
It's the first time he brings
a girl to meet me.
- Never happened.
- She is even better than I imagined.
- This makes me happy!
- Really.
Your wait was worth it. You chose well.
I've never seen her in Dubai.
And what did you feel
when you first saw her?
I felt like I've known her
for a long time.
- You felt
- It wasn't like two strangers talking.
We were talking nonstop.
- We were the youngest couple there.
- Yes.
Okay. Right.
Marriage is not to be taken lightly.
You don't marry today
and get a divorce tomorrow.
- I know that marriage surely requires
- Exactly.
You have to learn and know the person.
- Truly.
- Exactly.
To know them from the root.
Do you think you are ready
in such a short time?
It wasn't all roses and sunshine
and 100% positive for us this whole time.
- There were some negative parts.
- Of course.
And I think that helps you
become closer to someone.
- Exactly.
- That's right.
Honestly, some days were good,
others we wanted to kill each other.
It's normal.
We argue at least four times a week.
The problem is jealousy.
You have to control this, darling.
It needs respect
and you have to remain calm.
I think that she's a good girl,
but my only problem is time.
I'd love to have more time,
but it depends on you too.
Dad, she's an amazing, amazing girl.
But it's complicated.
She's never had a boyfriend
She doesn't know.
She doesn't know how to behave
as a girlfriend sometimes.
- You have to consider her age, too.
- There you go.
Some things need regulation, people learn.
The only thing that could break Chafic
Yes?
- It's betrayal.
- Yes.
That's why I'll tell you that a couple
needs to constantly communicate.
You both need to say
what you feel in your hearts.
Right.
With every story,
this is how you understand each other.
What's the secret to a stable marriage
in your opinion?
Patience. From both sides.
I think it's good, she's shy.
Shy? No, she's not shy.
This is my problem with her.
- Too easy-going.
- She's too sociable.
She sees a guy
If I do the same, she cries.
Accept her as she is.
You need to work on your explosiveness.
If you think she has behaviors
that are not yet mature
That will prevent you
from moving forward, then no.
Tell her to learn to change.
And that if it's difficult,
you'll help her.
- If you decide to get married
- Yes.
Are you set on
where you want to live
Yes, we talked about this.
It's true that we agreed we didn't want
to spend a lot of time in Dubai.
I think that we will have to compromise.
- Exactly.
- That's for sure.
I told her that if we get married,
we can go to Senegal so that
she can visit Senegal, see how it is.
But she's extremely close to her mother.
She lives alone with her.
She will sure have to detach
herself a lot.
I told her she could
bring her mom with her.
We wouldn't be living in the same house,
- but in a house nearby.
- Nearby?
You should talk to her mother too.
She'll be a second mother to you,
you'll be like a son to her.
Did you imagine that Chafic would
get along with someone like me,
or someone more
What I see in you is what I want for him.
- Really?
- Yes.
- That's magnificent.
- Yes.
I liked her a lot. She's educated,
beautiful and well-raised.
SAFIYA,
CHAFIC'S MOTHER
I was comfortable right away.
You have two weeks.
You need to get closer to her
and we'll see later.
Yeah, I will.
According to what I've seen,
I think there's love and there's fear.
It's a new life, and they'll know
if the timing is right for them.
AL HAJJ ABDEL KADER,
CHAFIC'S FATHER
11 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING
- With your right foot, yes.
- The right one?
- Welcome.
- It's great, God bless!
- Welcome to my humble abode.
- I love it!
This is our love coop
I mean our love nest.
Here, turn around our love tree.
- I have this
- Who bought it for you?
- I bought this myself.
- Swear?
There's a market there to buy stuff.
- Swear on it.
- I bought it.
- Swear on it.
- I went and
- Swear on it!
- You pay cash
- I swear! Swear on it!
- Okay.
You give them cash, they give products.
Trade, you know?
- Nice.
- Yeah.
Look at those. I bought each one
from a place I travelled to.
Yeah.
Did you travel alone or with others?
Well, yeah, groups.
- Groups?
- I traveled once on my own.
Not with an ex-girlfriend?
Nothing, I swear.
Till now, I really can't see anything.
- Sure?
- I really can't see anything.
So far, nothing,
if my memory didn't fail me.
I'm itching to look around and see
if I find anything that
I should know about.
"Roxy was here?" Who's Roxy?
A girl or a guy?
A girl.
- Yes.
- I'm innocent, officer!
Laila is also a close friend of mine.
She lives in Tunisia.
They're suddenly all friends today!
You just skipped those,
look at the guys' names!
- This is from my mom and dad.
- There are none!
All this, you can't see?
There's a map of China on there!
Let's move on from the fridge, come.
Needs a lot of work and change.
- It's spacious.
- Yeah, blue.
We might need to buy another closet,
'cause this definitely won't fit my stuff.
We can customize them.
It's not going to fit your stuff.
- Okay.
- We'll buy something.
Having Safa at home feels homey.
It's beautiful.
Her presence at the house is so beautiful.
I'm eagerly waiting for more
and more of this.
What are the latest developments
with work?
I haven't asked my manager yet
about taking a week-long vacation
after our wedding.
What are you waiting for?
Talk to him on the phone, say,
"It's urgent and my wedding
is in two weeks.
I need a vacation." Simple!
What if it doesn't work?
What will we do if I have to go to work?
I'll spend our honeymoon alone
Me and four walls,
we'll go back to the pod days.
I don't know how busy you'll be.
No, even if I do travel
it'll be a few days. One weekend.
We'll have a honeymoon weekend.
Weekend? But will you travel again
after that?
This will be a problem.
She'll travel right after the wedding
and I'll be single?
I don't really understand.
It doesn't make much sense.
Talking about weddings
Didn't you tell me in the pods that
you'd like to make a traditional proposal?
- Yes.
- And talk with my uncles?
Then my family would meet your family?
I already handled it with my parents.
I talked to them.
You talked to them, but I didn't.
Yeah, they're supposed to visit
then you'll meet them.
Right, and then what happened?
They're supposed to come,
we're checking the tickets.
When they come from Jordan,
depends on if their things are handled.
Good. It's important for me to see them.
And for my family
to meet them before the wedding.
- The issue is, do we have enough time?
- The wedding, and then
If they come one day before the wedding
Will you have enough time?
Will they have enough time to meet?
No, I wish they'd come sooner,
'cause my family's coming from Canada.
Yes.
It's not appropriate
they're coming from Canada
I'm with you, right.
While your family in Jordan
can't make it at the same time.
Why did you get upset?
- Why did I get upset?
- Yes.
Because I feel like I don't know.
You need to talk to them.
But their circumstances are different.
They have work.
Maybe your parents have free time.
Yes, but we don't have time.
What is it?
we might need to postpone the wedding.