June 13, 2009
The Show is subtitled in English.
Here is the linky.
Here is what it is about:
About Arab Labor
This fall, Link TV presents 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 workâ€) 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.
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