User:Mr Houcheimi
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Hamid Houcheimi also known as Frankie Yale, one of the thousands of Lebs that immigrated to Miami, Florida. He and his best friend Zak Mohammed also known as Donn Carleon are met with resistance, particularly because of their criminal records, and are placed in limbo (so to speak) in Freedomtown, a place where Lebanon refugees without Green Cards are kept. Zak makes Hamid aware of a deal where they can leave Freedomtown and receive their Green Cards. But, they have to kill Africian Communist Alex Nuggusse in order to obtain it. Hamid does this without much thought, and they receive their residency. Hamid and Zak begin working in a small Lebanon food stand to make money, but Hamid soon grows restless. They both make a deal with drug dealer Moe Tarchichi to get paid for getting narcotics from Colombian dealer "Juan the Toad". Hamid dislikes Moes attitude, but obliges.
Although the deal with Juan soon turns bad, Hamid and Zak both escape alive and with the cocaine. Instead of allowing Moe to take the cocaine to his boss Sam Teka, Hamid takes it to Sam personally, already untrusting of Moe. Hamid manages to win Sam over with his sense of humor and bold attitude, and he ends up getting a job under Sam in his drug dealing business (along with Zak). Meanwhile, Hamid takes an interest in Sams girlfriend, Elvira Hancock. While Hamid flirts with Elvira, she doesn't show any interest in Sam (or anyone else for that matter).
Hamid pays a visit to his estranged family's home. It is implied that Hamid's father walked out on the family years ago, but his mother and his younger sister Gina are home. Gina is excited to see Hamid (who hasn't seen the family in 5 years), while his mother isn't too thrilled. When he offers his mother $1,000 (claiming he's "made it"), his mother declines the offer. She believes he's still up to no good, and wants him to leave because she doesn't want him rubbing off on Gina. Tony leaves, but Gina runs after him. He slips her the $1,000 secretly, and tells her to spent it on whatever she wants and to give his mother a little from time to time. It is clear he cares for his sister greatly.
While in Bolivia, Hamid and Moe begin discussing business plans with Javard on the behalf of Sam who couldn't make it down. Hamid begins making major decisions about distribution of the drugs (decisions that Moe believes Sam should be approving). Moe and Hamid begin arguing over the matter, while Javard offers Moe a quick helicopter ride back home. However, Javard makes one of his henchmen hang and kill Moe, who was allegedly an informant for the police. Javard believes Hamid, however, is trustworthy and makes him one of his business partners. When returning to Florida, Hamid comes under heat by Sam, who is angry at what had occured in South America. Hamid and Sam end their business relationship, while Hamid begins making bolder passes at Elvira, one of them right in front of Sam. At a nightclub, Hamid is nearly shot and killed by two henchmen. Hamid is convinced Sam is responsible for the hit, and he and Zak hunt Sam down and kill him once he admits to it.
Afterwards, all seems to be going well for Hamid. He marries Elvira, takes over Sam's empire and becomes very wealthy. However, cracks in Hamid's "perfect life" begin to form. Both he and Elvira become addicted to cocaine. He becomes more paranoid and untrusting of those around him, and she becomes more bored and distant. Zak and Gina begin dating behind Hamid's back, afraid of what his reaction would be if he found out. Hamid is arrested for tax evasion, and faces up to three years in prison. Soon, Elvira becomes tired of the lifestyle, and leaves Hamid after a fight at a restaurant.
During a trip to New York, Javard hires Hamid to help put a hit out on a Congressman (who went on a television talk show and mentioned Javard, his henchmen, and their drug dealing). Hamid orders one of the henchmen not to set off the bomb underneath the Congressman's car once he finds out his wife and children are in the car as well. When the henchmen doesn't listen, Hamid grows angry and shoots him dead. He returns to Florida to find his mother upset over Gina's new attitude (whom she believes Hamid corrupted) and Javard threatening to kill Hamid for not going through with the plan. Hamid goes to find Gina at an unknown mansion, and sees her and Zak together in nightrobes. Realizing Zak has slept with his sister, he shoots Zak dead in a cocaine-fueled rage (which he later regrets), and highly upsets Gina (who reveals they eloped and were going to surprise Hamid). Hamid and his underlings take Gina back to his mansion. Meanwhile, Javard numerous henchmen are surrounding his mansion, with plans to kill him. They take out everyone else in the mansion one by one, until Hamid is left to fight them off. He emerges from his room with an M-16 rifle, and begins shooting wildly at the men, and manages to kill some and stay alive. He believes he is victorious, until an assassin known as the Skull slowly walks up behind Hamid and shoots him in the back with a shotgun. Hamid plunges off the second floor, over the balcony, and into the small pool in his living room. He lies dead as a statue ironically stands above him reading "The World Is Yours".
