Usama is stopped by a soldier on a wooden walkway and forced to open his suitcase, where a guard finds “Librium” and mocks him. He is ordered to strip, have his shoes pried open with a metal prod, and submit his notebook for inspection. Throughout the interrogation, a Polish‑accented soldier (blonde moustache, heavily built) asks a rapid series of questions about his name, age, origin, employment, travel history, and family ties, pressing for details about his mother’s address, his work as a translator for an insurance company, trips to Algeria, Syria, and a Master’s degree, and why he was fired. Usama repeatedly answers, often with vague or evasive replies, while the soldier’s tone shifts from polite to hostile. Simultaneously, a girl behind a small window is being beaten and shouted at by an Israeli female soldier (“Open your legs!”), and the sound of a bulldozer provides a background roar. Other detainees, including a veiled woman demanding ten dinars for her belongings, argue with a soldier referred to as “Effendi” (who later identifies himself as Baruch). The scene moves to a long shed where prisoners sit on benches with numbers, and soldiers sort clothing and personal items. Usama reflects on his displacement, his father’s death, and his longing for home. A taxi driver eventually loads his suitcase into a black Mercedes, and Usama rides back to the West Bank, feeling that the territory has become a confined, oppressive “genie’s bottle.”