Aging and homesick, Nur Ali is living in America, seeking asylum.
Using prepaid phone cards and a landline in the inner-city 7-Eleven where he works as night shift manager, Nur Ali manages food, gifts, marriages, births, and.
So Nur Ali leads and provides for his beloved family clan in Pakistan from half a world away.
Though exiled from his Swat, Pakistan, homeland and inaccurately labeled as a Taliban sympathizer by the US government, he\'s determined to keep his position as family patriarch.
Aging and homesick, Nur Ali is living in America, seeking asylum