Sayed Kashua
Sayed Kashua (Arabic: سيد قشوع, Hebrew: סייד קשוע; b. 1975) is an Israeli Arab author and journalist born in Tira, Israel, known for his books and humoristic columns in Hebrew.
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[edit] Biography
Sayed Kashua was born in Tira in the Triangle region of Israel. In 1990, he was accepted to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem - Israel Arts and Science Academy.[1] He studied sociology and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Kashua was a resident of Beit Safafa before moving to a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem with his wife and two children.
[edit] Literary career
Kashua writes satirical columns in Hebrew for Haaretz newspaper and a local Jerusalem weekly, HaIr. In a humorous, tongue-in-cheek style, Kashua addresses the problems faced by Arabs in Israel, caught between two worlds.[2]
[edit] Television
Avoda Aravit, or in English, Arab Labor, is a satirical sitcom written by Kashua and aired on Israel's Channel 2. A large part of the dialogue is in Arabic with Hebrew subtitles. The show is about a young Arab couple, Amjad (Norman Issa) and Bushra (Clara Khoury), and their young daughter, who live in an Arab village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Amjad is a journalist working for a Hebrew newspaper (much like Haaretz) who desperately seeks to assimilate into the prevailing Israeli Jewish cultural milieu with mixed and hilarious results.[1] The show holds a mirror up to the racism and ignorance on both sides of the ethnic divide and has been compared with All in the Family.
[edit] Awards and prizes
- In 2004, Kashua won the Prime Minister's prize for literature.[3]
- Arab Labor won the Award for Best Television Series at the Jerusalem Film Festival.[4]
- Kashua won the 2011 Bernstein Prize for his novel Second Person.[5]
[edit] Published works
- Dancing Arabs (2002)
- Let it be Morning (2006)
- Second Person (2010)
[edit] Documentaries
A 2009 documentary film produced by Dorit Zimbalist, Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared, documents the upheavals and events that changed Kashua's life over a period of seven years.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kershner, Isabel (2008-01-07). "Straddling Cultures, Irreverently, in Life and Art - New York Times". Israel: Nytimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/world/middleeast/07kashua.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Boston Review — lalami.php". Bostonreview.net. http://bostonreview.net/BR31.5/lalami.html. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ Sayed Kashua on The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature website
- ^ "Award winners". 74.125.77.132. http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:mlq2rto2u3UJ:www.jff.org.il/%3FCategoryID%3D500%26ArticleID%3D379+kashua+wolgin+award+2009&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk.[dead link]
- ^ (in Hebrew) פרס ברנשטיין לסייד קשוע [The Bernstein Prize to Sayed Kashua], ישראל היום, July 19, 2011, p. 31
[edit] External links
- Pulled through from fear Sigrid Brinkmann, Germany Radio. 2005-06-21
- Sayed Qashu; Miriam Shlesinger (9 April 2004). Dancing Arabs. Grove Press. ISBN 9780802141262. http://www.amazon.com/s?search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Sayed%20Kashua. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
