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Muslim Brotherhood characters in Haret al-Yahoud/The Jewish Quarter (Screenshot)
In Sisi’s Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood are the new Jews
Weighted down by historical, religious and linguistic inaccuracies, Egyptian television series ‘The Jewish Quarter’ nevertheless tells an intriguing story of the political, social and religious changes that have transformed Egypt — in 1948 and in 2015. An Egyptian Ramadan television series called “The Jewish Quarter”* has attracted quite a bit of international media attention for…
By Lisa Goldman July 6, 2015
YouTube screenshot from Haret al-Yahud.
Egyptian TV series shines light on the untold story of Arab Jews
A controversial new television show gives us a glimpse into Jewish-Muslim relations before Israel’s establishment, as well as a better understanding of those Jews who left Arab countries only to become Israel’s Mizrahim. By Nadia Naser-Najjab A recent controversy over a new Egyptian television series has served to highlight one of the central tensions at the…
By +972 Magazine July 4, 2015
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