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During Ramadan, Arab TV series challenge taboos on Israel

2020-05-04T20:23:28.146Z


Highly watched productions create diplomatic turmoil and ignite social networks.


From our correspondent in Jerusalem

Their names are Makhraj 7 (Exit 7), Umm Haroun (Aaron's Mother) or El Nehayeh (The End ). In the Gulf countries and in Egypt, Ramadan TV series provokes controversy, staging in a new impetus the Jews and Israel. The words are reversed. In Saudi Arabia, a kingdom which officially has no link with the Hebrew State, taboos are emerging. It talks about the injustices suffered by Jewish families in Kuwait in the 1940s, or the debate on the conditions for possible relaxation with Israel. In Egypt, a nation in " cold peace " with its neighbor since the signing of a bilateral treaty over forty years ago, the destruction of the " Zionist state " and the "return of the Jews to Europe ”is the starting point for a science fiction story.

Read also: The anti-Zionist speech of an Egyptian series angered Israel

Very popular with viewers in the Middle East, these series broadcast during the nights of the holy month were produced by the Saudi public channel

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Source: lefigaro

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