Up until the song begins the audience watches as the members of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra — the band —
wander around a town in Israel where they've mistakenly landed — the visit —
and are hosted by Dina, a local café owner played by Katrina Lenk.
Dina has been trying, fruitlessly, to connect with the band's leader, Tewfiq, all evening.
It's not until they find a common connection,
the music of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum and movies starring, yes, Omar Sharif,
that the two are able to really communicate as Dina sings, across a cafeteria table,
about her memories of listening to the radio and watching the television as a girl in Israel.