The main difference between an average American family and an Arab-American family may just be the food and music. Ali's house is full of the smells of mamoul (date cookies) and mujadrah (lentil and rice stew) and the sounds of music coming from the various ouds, nays, and darbukas, but it's also full of the crazy characters and situations that any modern family experiences. Ordinary human obsessions surrounding play, family, media and work are what you'll find when you peer into the windows of Ali's New Jersey home. Yellah!