Mo survives Mexico by working hard - one of his jobs is the wrestler 'Oso Pelestino' (the Palestinian Bear). Gets smuggled back to US but is caught, ends up being 'deported' but as he has no country remains in US. The family lose the olive farm. Mo's brother Omar Elba is finally told he's autistic. Mo and on-off girlfriend Teresa Ruiz are married, which means he can join family and visit Palestine - which provides a suitably sober and emotional ending (actually filmed in Malta) - we see footage of Mo's real dad, and there's much comment about the Israeli stranglehold over the country. And the fight to remain positive.
It was a labour of love for Mo, who found the scenes back home emotional, and in interview says he now want to get back to stand-up.
Palestine doesn't even have its own airport?? Palestinians visiting the country have to land in Israeli Tel Aviv??? (There was one, briefly, in Gaza, but the Israelis destroyed it in 2000.)
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