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The Resource Arab Labor : the complete first season, Keshet ; Link TV ; Alive Mind ; executive producer, Daniel Paran ; writer, Sayed Kashua ; directors, Roni Ninio, Yaakov (Yankul) Goldwasser, (videorecording)

Arab Labor : the complete first season, Keshet ; Link TV ; Alive Mind ; executive producer, Daniel Paran ; writer, Sayed Kashua ; directors, Roni Ninio, Yaakov (Yankul) Goldwasser, (videorecording)

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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
Language
  • heb
  • ara
  • eng
  • heb
  • ara
  • heb
Work
Publication
Edition
Fullscreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (300 min.)
Note
  • 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
Contents
  • Episode 5:
  • Passover
  • Episode 6:
  • Reserve duty
  • Episode 7:
  • Loyalty
  • Episode 8:
  • Crime on the border
  • Episode 9:
  • Meeting the parents
  • Episode 1:
  • Episode 10:
  • Independence day
  • Interview with producer Daniel Paran
  • Interview with creator Sayed Kashua and cast
  • The Car
  • Episode 2:
  • The Sheep
  • Episode 3:
  • Kindergarten
  • Episode 4:
  • Kidnapping
Instance
Label
Arab Labor : the complete first season
Title
Arab Labor
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
  • ara
  • 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
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ʻAvodah ʻArvit (Television program)
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
Dewey number
791.45/72
Language note
Hebrew and Arabic with non-optional English subtitles
LC call number
  • PN1997.2
  • PN1992.77.A96
LC item number
  • A96334 2009
  • A961 2009
PerformerNote
Norman Issa, Clara Khoury, Salim Daw, Mariano Idelman, Mira Awad
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1975-
  • 1950-
  • 1975-
  • 1974-
  • 1975-
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  • Qashu, Sayed
  • Eisman, Roni
  • Goldwasser, Yaakov
  • Qashu, Sayed
  • Paran, Daniel
  • Ninio, Ron
  • Issa, Norman
  • Khoury, Clara
  • Dau, Salim
  • Idelman, Mariano
  • Awad, Mira
  • Dori Media Paran Ltd
  • Link TV
  • Keshet Broadcasting
  • Alive Mind Media
  • Lorber HT Digital
Runtime
300
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  • Jewish-Arab relations
  • Palestinian Arabs
  • Palestinian Arabs in motion pictures
  • Israeli wit and humor
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Arab Labor : the complete first season, Keshet ; Link TV ; Alive Mind ; executive producer, Daniel Paran ; writer, Sayed Kashua ; directors, Roni Ninio, Yaakov (Yankul) Goldwasser, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • 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
Bar code
31223140376675
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Episode 5:
  • Passover
  • Episode 6:
  • Reserve duty
  • Episode 7:
  • Loyalty
  • Episode 8:
  • Crime on the border
  • Episode 9:
  • Meeting the parents
  • Episode 1:
  • Episode 10:
  • Independence day
  • Interview with producer Daniel Paran
  • Interview with creator Sayed Kashua and cast
  • The Car
  • Episode 2:
  • The Sheep
  • Episode 3:
  • Kindergarten
  • Episode 4:
  • Kidnapping
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Fullscreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (300 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
718122565672
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
ALV-DV-32
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)421518617
System details
DVD ; NTSC, region 0 ; Dolby Digital 2 ; single layer. 4x3
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Arab Labor : the complete first season, Keshet ; Link TV ; Alive Mind ; executive producer, Daniel Paran ; writer, Sayed Kashua ; directors, Roni Ninio, Yaakov (Yankul) Goldwasser, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • 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
Bar code
31223140376675
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Episode 5:
  • Passover
  • Episode 6:
  • Reserve duty
  • Episode 7:
  • Loyalty
  • Episode 8:
  • Crime on the border
  • Episode 9:
  • Meeting the parents
  • Episode 1:
  • Episode 10:
  • Independence day
  • Interview with producer Daniel Paran
  • Interview with creator Sayed Kashua and cast
  • The Car
  • Episode 2:
  • The Sheep
  • Episode 3:
  • Kindergarten
  • Episode 4:
  • Kidnapping
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Fullscreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (300 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
718122565672
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
ALV-DV-32
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)421518617
System details
DVD ; NTSC, region 0 ; Dolby Digital 2 ; single layer. 4x3
Video recording format
DVD

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