Sayed Kashua
| Sayed Kashua | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 40–41) Tira, Israel |
| Nationality | Arab citizen of Israel |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Occupation | author and journalist |
Sayed Kashua (Arabic: سيد قشوع, Hebrew: סייד קשוע; born 1975) is an Israeli Arab author and journalist born in Tira, Israel, known for his books and humourous columns in the Hebrew language.
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Biography[edit]
Sayed Kashua was born in Tira in the Triangle region of Israel to parents of Palestinian descent. 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 children.[2]
Kashua has accepted teaching positions in Chicago, Illinois, moving there with his wife and three children for the 2014/15 academic year. He participated in the Creative Writing program's bilingualism workshop at the University of Chicago and is a clinical professor in the Israel Studies program at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[3] His Haaretz column of July 4, titled "Why Sayed Kashua Is Leaving Jerusalem and Never Coming Back: Everything people had told him since he was a teenager is coming true. Jewish-Arab co-existence has failed."[4] was published at a volatile time in the country's intergroup relations, involving the kidnapping/murders of Jewish students in the West Bank and an Arab youth in East Jerusalem, though prior to the July 8 outbreak of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. His declaration elicited numerous responses in the Israeli press from colleagues and readers who were concerned by the issues he raises.
Literary career[edit]
Kashua publishes a personal weekly column in Hebrew for Haaretz newspaper[5] and a local Jerusalem weekly, HaIr. In a humorous, tongue-in-cheek style,[6] his anecdotal pieces address the problems faced by Arabs in Israel.[7]
Television[edit]
Avoda Aravit (2007), 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.
In the auto-fictional drama The Writer (2015) draws Kateb on his own experiences for his depiction of the turbulent daily life of a young Arab and his family living in Israel. But the more successful his satirical TV series becomes, the more Kateb feels alienated from his alter ego.[8]
Filmography[edit]
- Dancing Arabs (2014)
Awards and prizes[edit]
- In 2004, Kashua won the Prime Minister's prize for literature.[9]
- Arab Labor won the Award for Best Television Series at the Jerusalem Film Festival.[10]
- Kashua won the 2011 Bernstein Prize for his novel Second Person Singular.[11]
Published works[edit]
- Dancing Arabs (2002)
- Let it be Morning (2006)
- Second Person Singular (2010) (also published as Exposure (2013))
- Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life (2016)
Documentaries[edit]
A 2009 documentary film (directed and written by Dorit Zimbalist, produced by Barak Heymann and Dorit Zimbalist), Sayed Kashua — Forever Scared, documents the upheavals and events that changed Kashua's life over a period of seven years.[12][13][14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kershner, Isabel (2008-01-07). "Straddling Cultures, Irreverently, in Life and Art". New York Times. Israel. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ Atlantic Books: Sayed Kashua
- ^ Jewish Culture and Society: Faculty Directory
- ^ http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/sayed-kashua/.premium-1.602869
- ^ http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/sayed-kashua-1.567
- ^ http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/sayed-kashua/.premium-1.532304
- ^ "Boston Review — lalami.php". Bostonreview.net. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ http://www.keshetinternational.com/article/keshet-internationals-the-writer-chosen-as-one-of-six-premium-dramas-to-make-the-berlinale-special-selection-2016/
- ^ Sayed Kashua on The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature website Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Award winners". webcache.googleusercontent.com.[dead link]
- ^ פרס ברנשטיין לסייד קשוע [The Bernstein Prize to Sayed Kashua] (in Hebrew), ישראל היום, July 19, 2011, p. 31
- ^ "Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared". Heymann Brothers Films. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Sayed Kashua: Forever Scared (2009) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Sayed Kashua- Forever Scared". Ruth Diskin Films. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Pulled through from fear Sigrid Brinkmann, Germany Radio. 2005-06-21
- Sayed Qashu; Miriam Shlesinger (9 April 2004). Dancing Arabs. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-4126-2. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- Sayed Kashua at the Internet Movie Database
- The Arabs in Israel: The Unheard of Cry for Citizenship, Sayed , EAIS on YouTube 15 September 2013 keynote lecture at the European Association of Israel Studies (based at SOAS) 2nd Annual Conference (Kashua speaks from 10 minutes on)
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Israeli novelists
- Arab citizens of Israel
- Arab journalists
- Arab writers
- Israeli journalists
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
- Haaretz people
- Palestinian novelists
- Israeli columnists
- Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Bernstein Prize recipients
- Hebrew-language writers
- Modern Hebrew writers