Sayed Qashu
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Having emigrated to America years before, a nameless memoirist now residing in Illinois receives word that his estranged father, whom he has not spoken to in fourteen years, is dying. Leaving his wife and their three children, he returns to Jerusalem and to his hometown of Tira in Palestine to be by his family's side. But few are happy to see him back and, geographically and emotionally displaced, he feels more alienated from his life than ever....
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Language
English
Description
A collection of interrelated essays by the Arab-Israeli satirical columnist captures the nuances of everyday family life in modern Jerusalem, detailing his experiences with racism, marriage, parenthood, Jewish-Arab conflicts, professional ambition and world traveling. --Publisher's description.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
עברית
Description
Gifted Eyad, a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within Israeli society, Eyad develops a friendship with another outsider, Jonathan a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes part of the home Jonathan shares with his mother, Edna.
Publisher
Keshet Broadcasting Ltd. and Dori Media Paran Ltd
Pub. Date
[2008 ;]
Language
עברית
Description
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...
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Arabic
Description
Sami lives in Jerusalem with his wife and child, and an invitation to his brother's wedding forces him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding, with no warning or explanation, the village is put under military lockdown by Israeli soldiers and cut off from the outside world. Chaos rises overnight amongst those stuck within the walls.
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
עברית
Description
Sami lives in Jerusalem with his wife and child, and an invitation to his brother's wedding forces him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding, with no warning or explanation, the village is put under military lockdown by Israeli soldiers and cut off from the outside world. Chaos rises overnight amongst those stuck within the walls.