Ajami (2009)
In the second chapter, we meet Malek, a teenager in Nablus, Palestine, who works at Abu Elias's restaurant to fund his mother's surgery. In dire need of money, Omar and Malek consider the option of dealing drugs. They are introduced to Binj, a local dealer, who is later murdered by unknown assailants. The two friends return to Binj's apartment to collect his stash of drugs which they try to sell to a buyer. The sale turns sour when they are attacked by the buyers.
In the third chapter, a Jewish man clashes with his young Arab neighbors over noisy sheep in Ajami, leading to a fatal stabbing. Israeli officer Dan, known as Dando, responds to the scene. As the story shifts to Dando, we learn that he and his family are grappling with the disappearance of his brother Yoni, an IDF soldier. Yoni's fate remains a mystery, but when his remains are discovered, Dando vows to find his killer.
In the fourth chapter, the timelines jumps back. We are reintroduced to Binj, an eccentric cook at Abu Elias's restaurant and friend of Omar, Shata, and Malek, falls for a Jewish girl from Tel Aviv, much to his friends' concern. When Binj's brother is linked to the earlier stabbing in Ajami, police question Binj and his father before releasing them. With his brother on the run, Binj reluctantly agrees to hold a package of cocaine for his brother, hiding them during a gathering. Police officers raid his place but fail to find the cocaine as they search his apartment and promise to return. After they leave, Binj swaps most of the cocaine for baking soda. He overdoses on the remaining cocaine. Unaware of this, when Omar return to Binj's apartment (in the second chapter) Omar unknowingly takes the fake cocaine package which he later tries to sell.
In the fifth chapter, Omar and Malek leave for the sale (in the second chapter). Omar's younger brother Nasri insists on coming. Malek talks Omar out of taking his gun, and Omar leaves the gun in the vehicle with Nasri. Initially, it seems Malek is shot when the buyers realize the drugs are fake. However, the buyers are revealed to be police conducting a sting operation, and Dando is among the officers. During the chaos of the confrontation between the officers and Omar and Malek, Dando mistakes Malek's pocket watch for his missing brother Yoni's. Enraged that he is confronting Yoni's killers, Dando attacks Malek, but Nasri intervenes, shooting Dando with Omar's gun. Nasri is fatally shot by another officer. The film ends with Omar running for his life and searching for Nasri, who's missing from the car.
