Plot Events
At the start of Part 5, Jude video calls Baba on Skype to show him this change about herself.
She is wearing a hijab for the first time ("the new me")
"You got a part!"
Layla
Jude says she wears her hijab not because she is ashamed, but because of this feeling.
Pride
This cast member hurts Jude's feelings by commenting on her thick accent.
Sarah
This word is painted in red on the storefront of Layla's parents' restaurant.
Terrorists
Daily Double
"You belong here. And so do I."
Uncle Mazin
After seeing the vandalism, Jude wishes she could not do this — something she worked hard to learn in America.
Read English
When someone nearby reacts to the vandalism by saying "Whoever did that is a terrorist," Jude does this to stop herself from responding.
She bites her tongue so hard she can taste blood.
Daily Double
This arrives in the mail at just the right moment, making Mama cry tears of joy and helping Jude feel much less lonely.
A postcard with a photograph of Beirut on the front
"Forget it, Jude." said after refusing to talk about the vandalism
Layla
When Jude says "I belong back home, too," Uncle Mazin responds with this line.
"It's not a contest between here and there"
Daily Double
For how long after the attack on the restaraunt does Layla stop speaking to Jude
About a Week/ for the next week
When Miles asks where Jude is headed, she chooses to say this one word instead of "my uncle's house."
Home
"I'm proud and your brother would be too."
Baba
Jude connects with Plumette not through her personality, but through this deeper need that also reflects Jude's immigrant experience.
The desire to be seen, noticed, and heard
In Chapter X, Layla warns Jude that she will now learn what it means to be this in America — foreshadowing discrimination ahead.
A Muslim in america