Only In London

Four strangers meet on a turbulent flight from Dubai to Amira, a canny Moroccan prostitute; Lamis, a 30-year-old Iraqi divorcee; Nicholas, an English expert on Islamic art; and Samir, a Lebanese man delivering a monkey on a mission he doesn’t fully understand. Once safely on British soil, Lamis and Nicholas fall in love, Samir chases after blond British youths, and Amira reinvents herself as a princess, the better to lure clients at the best London hotels. Through the city and across cultural borders, Only in London wittily portrays the smells, sounds, and sights of London’s lively Arab neighborhoods, as well as the freedoms the city both offers and withholds from its immigrants.