Arab Labor Season 3

Created by Sayed Kashua, an Israeli-born Palestinian journalist, Arab Labor (translated from the Hebrew "Avoda Aravit", which colloquially implies "shoddy or second-rate work") focuses on Amjad Alian, a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen in search of his identity. 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, and it generated great controversy between Arab and Israeli media.

In Season 3, Yoske is struggling to sell his apartment because he has an Arab neighbor, so he asks Amjad to keep a low profile -- or basically to disappear. In order to prove to the world that Israelis and Arabs can live together, Amjad joins the show "Big Brother". Amjad's first task as he walks into the "Big Brother" house is to make everyone in the house believe he is a Jew. Despite putting his all into the task, Amjad must flee the house due to the harsh racism he encounters in there.

This season will follow Amjad in his attempts, which some will say are futile ones, to become a part of the Israeli society. Attempts which are at times pathetic, sometimes outrageous, but always heart-warming and thought-provoking.

Arab Labor Season 1  |  Arab Labor Season 2

  Season 3 Episode Guide - Click for Airtimes

Episodes Available Online for Two Weeks following
their Airdate at the Links Below: 

Reality (Episode 1)	Bladder (Episode 2)	Worms (Episode 3)
Foreign Correspondence (Episode 4)	Family Honor (Episode 5)	The Ultra-orthodox Homecoming (Episode 6)
A Vegetarian Arab (Episode 7)	Talking Loud (Episode 8)	An Arab Journalist (Episode 9)
The Shelter (Episode 10)	Interview with Producer Danny Paran	Interview with Creator Sayed Kashua and Cast

Arab Labor Cast

• Amjad (Norman Issa): A Palestinian-Israeli journalist working in Jerusalem
• Meir (Mariano Idelman): Amjad's Jewish-Israeli coworker at the newspaper
• Bushra (Clara Khoury): Amjad's wife, mother of Maya
• Amal (Mira Awad): A Palestinian-Israeli attorney to whom Meir is attracted

Articles and Reviews

• "Arab Labor' TV show sweeps local awards" Times of Israel, 1/13/13 
• "New talent unseats old favorites at Israeli TV awards" Haaretz, 1/13/13
• "Finding Humor and Truth Amid Conflict," Los Angeles Times, 11/15/08
• "Meet the Palestinian Seinfeld," San Francisco Chronicle, 11/13/08
• "Israeli sitcom about Arabs a hit," Variety, 2/1/08
• "TV comedy depicts world of the Arab Israeli," International Herald Tribune, 1/7/08
• "'Avoda Aravit' - breaking TV barriers," Jerusalem Post, 1/29/08
• "Kashua has managed to barge through cultural barriers and bring an Arab point of view into the mainstream of Israeli entertainment." New York Times
• "Sayed Kashua, a noted satirist, offers a wry take on the challenges and foibles of an Arab family loosely based on his own." Los Angeles Times
  
• "...a groundbreaking TV Show that finds humor in sharing a homeland." Chicago Tribune