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January 13, 2013
10:28 pm

Sayed Kashua winks to the press (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

‘Arab Labor’ TV show sweeps local awards

Third season of Sayed Kashua’s comedy about an Arab journalist wins five trophies at annual ceremony of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television

By Jessica Steinberg

November 11, 2012
4:50 pm

Sameh, aka SAZ, on the streets of his Ramle hometown (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

An Arab rapper in La La land

‘I’m the American Middle Eastern dream,’ says Sameh Zakout, aka SAZ, a Ramle boy who dreams about making it big in Los Angeles after his stint on an Israeli reality show

By Jessica Steinberg