Arab Labor : the complete first season

The Resource Arab Labor : the complete first season
Label
Arab Labor : the complete first season
Title remainder
the complete first season
Statement of responsibility
Keshet ; Link TV ; Alive Mind ; executive producer, Daniel Paran ; writer, Sayed Kashua ; directors, Roni Ninio, Yaakov (Yankul) Goldwasser
Title variation
  • ʻAvodah ʻArvit
  • Shughl ʻArab
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Contributor
Actor
Creator
Director
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • heb
  • ara
  • eng
  • heb
Summary
In Fall 2008, Link TV presented the U.S. broadcast premiere of the controversial hit Israeli comedy series Arab Labor (Avoda Aravit). Created by Sayed Kashua, a 32-year-old Israeli-born Palestinian journalist, Arab Labor (translated from the Hebrew "Avoda Aravit" which colloquially implies "shoddy or second-rate work") focuses on Amjad, a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen in search of his identity as he seeks high status in the society into which he was born but where his car is searched everyday when he drives from his neighborhood to his job at a newspaper in Jerusalem. Poking fun at the cultural divide, Kashua and his characters play on religious, cultural and political differences to daringly depict the mixed society that is Israel. This show marked a milestone on Israeli television as the first program to present Palestinian characters speaking Arabic on primetime. Arab Labor has generated great controversy between Arab and Israeli media and Link TV is premiering the program to the U.S. television audience in order to offer a fresh perspective on Israeli-Palestinian cultural friction while presenting an unbelievably entertaining show that has made an international splash.-- www.linktv.org/arablabor
Cataloging source
IXA
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director episodes 1-9, Roni Ninio ; director episodes 10-11, Yaakov (Yankul) Goldwasser ; creators, Daniel Paran, Sayed Kashua, Roni Ninio ; music, DAM ; editor, Roni Eisman
Language note
Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
PerformerNote
Norman Issa, Clara Khoury, Salim Daw, Mariano Idelman, Mira Awad
Runtime
300
Technique
live action
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