 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 hangout in Los Angeles for those 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.