Tony Shalhoub is set to star in the Arab-American drama
AmericanEast, says Variety.
The feature, helmed by Hesham Issawi, examines misunderstandings about Arab culture, highlighting the pressures under which many Arab-Americans live today.
"Our goal was really to show other people that we are no different from them," said Issawi. "To do that we focused on one normal guy, who just happens to be a Muslim, and we show what kind of pressure these external forces can have on a person who's simply trying to carry on."
Kais Nashif and Sayed Badreya star in the project, which begins shooting this July in Los Angeles.