Day to day life in the Palestinian Authority from a comedic point of view and an unavoidable love story are just some of the plot elements of 'Matabb' (speed bump in Arabic), a Palestinian soap opera set to debut on Monday, the first day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
The first Palestinian soap opera will comprise of 10 episodes, each 26 minutes long, and will be broadcast at 8 pm on the PA's official television channel, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday.
The series is aimed at entertaining the Palestinian population after the daily fasting. The show was written by Palestinian filmmaker George Halifi, and features Palestinian actors. The funding for the show is mostly from Europe.
The show's episodes will discuss a variety of everyday problems of living in the Palestinian Authority and under the Israeli occupation. One story for example will deal with a character getting arrested and the attempts to release him. A love story will face limitations brought on by Islam with tragic consequences, and another story will concentrate on a marriage in trouble.
If this is comedy for the Pals., no wonder we're all in trouble.
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