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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

Ramadan TV shows

Actors wearing Hamas uniforms in an action scene as a crew from the Hamas-run al-Aqsa satellite channel shoots for a 30-episode series, titled 'Fist of the Free,' in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 3, 2022. (Adel Hana/AP)
February 16, 2022, 10:37 am
Hamas TV series glorifies fight against Israel, but it’s no ‘Fauda’
30-episode ‘Fist of the Free’ centers on botched real-life Israeli undercover operation inside Gaza, with a heroic and victorious Palestinian twist
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Elhanan Miller
May 12, 2020, 12:55 pm
Elhanan Miller
How I’m using a Saudi Ramadan TV series to give Jews a human face
The groundbreaking TV drama ’Umm Haroun’ is full of anti-Semitic stereotypes, but it’s still a giant leap forward — and a helpful teaching tool
This undated publicity photo shows a scene from 'Umm Haroun,' a Saudi-made television series aired during Ramadan that has sparked controversy by offering a positive depiction of a Jewish community in the Gulf that existed before the creation of Israel. (MBC Group via AP)
May 3, 2020, 4:13 pm
Creators defend Saudi series, saying positive depiction is of Jews, not Israelis
Controversy swirls around TV production, screened amid warming Jerusalem-Riyadh ties; head writer says he wants to send message that societies used to be much more tolerant
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Jewish character speaking a Hebrew monologue in Saudi Ramadan production 'Umm Haroun' about Kuwaiti Jews, in an episode broadcast April 24, 2020, on the MBC network. (Screenshot: Twitter)
April 27, 2020, 12:36 pm
In first, Saudi TV dramas feature character urging Israel ties, Hebrew monologue
Controversy swirls around two Ramadan productions, screened amid warming Jerusalem-Riyadh ties; 13 Palestinian groups said urging that one of the shows be taken off air
By Michael Bachner
Screenshot from Egyptian TV show The End (Youtube)
April 26, 2020, 7:54 pm
Israel decries Egyptian TV show predicting its destruction, breakup of the US
Foreign Ministry slams as ‘completely unacceptable’ Ramadan sci-fi production ‘El-Nehaya,’ in which Jerusalem has been ‘liberated’ and Jews ‘returned to their countries of origin’
By AP and ToI Staff
A scene from the Egyptian drama Haret al-Yahood, or Jewish Quarter, broadcast over Ramadan 2015. (YouTube screenshot)
March 23, 2016, 11:34 pm
Egypt’s ‘Jewish Quarter’ wins top award at Bahrain TV festival
Show on 1950s romance between Jewish woman, Muslim man named best series; Israeli embassy says it depicts Jewish state as ‘monster’
By JTA
A scene from the Egyptian drama Haret al-Yahood, or Jewish Quarter, broadcast over Ramadan 2015. (YouTube screenshot)
June 4, 2015, 3:27 pm
In new Egyptian Ramadan drama, Jews are the good guys
In change of tone that reflects current anti-Brotherhood zeitgeist, soap opera ‘Jewish Quarter’ longs for the days when Jews, Muslims and Christians lived together harmoniously in Cairo
By Elhanan Miller
In this picture taken on Wednesday July 24, 2013, Lebanese and Syrian citizens gather at an outdoor coffee shop, as one of the Syrian popular series Al-Wiladah Men Al-Khasira (Birth from the Waist), is broadcast on a giant screen, in Beirut, Lebanon. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
July 31, 2013, 6:36 am
Syrian war takes spotlight in Ramadan TV series
Soap dealing with conflict that’s killed 100,000 captivates millions of viewers across Arab world
By Bassam Mroue
A promotional poster for 'Khaiber,' an anti-Semitic miniseries scheduled to be broadcast on Arab channels over the course of the Ramadan (screen capture: Dubai TV)
July 15, 2013, 1:24 am
Arab TV stations air anti-Semitic show over Ramadan
After fast, viewers get to sit down and watch ‘Khaiber,’ a historic drama rife with negative Jewish stereotypes
Arabs dressed as Jewish bank robbers in the Egyptian TV show, 'Firqat Naji Attalah' (Youtube screen capture)
August 5, 2012, 1:00 pm
ADL: Anti-Semitism pervasive in TV programming during Ramadan
Egyptian TV drama about diplomats in Tel Aviv uses pernicious caricatures of Jews
By Gabe Fisher
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