Arab Labor : the complete first season /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	ʻAvodah ʻArvit (Television program).
Main Author:	Paran, Daniel (Creator)
Corporate Authors:	Keshet Broadcasting, Link TV, Alive Mind Media, Lorber HT Digital
Other Authors:	Qashu, Sayed, 1975- (Screenwriter), Ninio, Ron (Director), Issa, Norman (Actor), Khoury, Clara (Actor), Dau, Salim (Actor), Idelman, Mariano, 1974- (Actor), Awad, Mira, 1975- (Actor), Goldwasser, Yaakov, 1950- (Director)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Hebrew Arabic
Language Notes:	Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.
Published:	[Israel] : Keshet Broadcasting Ltd./Dori Media Paran Ltd., [2008 ] ©2009.
Subjects:	Jewish-Arab relations > Drama. Palestinian Arabs > Israel > Drama. Palestinian Arabs in motion pictures. Israeli wit and humor. Situation comedies (Television programs) Television comedies. Fiction television programs. Television programs > Israel. Foreign language television programs > Hebrew.

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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
Item Description:	Title from container and opening frames. "Dori Media Paran presents" --At head of title. Produced for Keshet Broadcasting, Ch. 2 (2007-2008) -- Cover. Originally broadcast on Link TV. Special features: "24 minute behind the scenes look" ; interview with creator Sayed Kashua. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD ; NTSC ; Region 0 (worldwide); widescreen.
Production Credits:	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.