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Arab Labor

Season 2

  • Channel 2
  • 30m
  • Israel
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama
Translated from the Hebrew “Avoda Aravit” which colloquially implies “shoddy or second-rate work”, focuses on Amjad, an Israeli Arab journalist in search of his identity as he seeks high status in the society into which he was born but where his car is searched everyday when he drives from his neighborhood to his job at a newspaper in Jerusalem.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2x01 The Shower

Season Premiere

2x01 The Shower

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Amjad, shocked by the superior quality of the shower at his Jewish friend Meir's house, storms city hall demanding "equal water pressure" for Jews and Arabs.

2x02 Moving

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The Alian family members move into a new apartment in a Jewish neighborhood. But when Amjad goes out of his way to carefully plan the move and impress his new neighbors, everything goes terribly wrong.

2x03 Dog

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The neighbor's dog in Amjad's building barks endlessly every time he leaves or enters the building. Amjad is deeply offended when he hears that dogs can recognize Arabs and bark only at them.

2x04 Nightgown

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It's been a month since Bushra has let Amjad near her and it's driving him mad! She's too busy and has no sexual desire or strength for Amjad at night. To keep him away, she uses an exceptionally hideous nightgown that Um Amjad bought her.

2x05 Building Committee

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Embarrassed to leave the house for being the gardener's son, Amjad understands that the only way to fire his father is for him to become head of his building's committee. Amjad sets out on an especially weird campaign to get elected.

2x06 Purim

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At a Purim party dressed up as a soldier Amjad is kidnapped by two Palestinians while outside having a smoke. The kidnappers are embarrassed to discover they kidnapped an Arab dressed up as a soldier, but no one wants Amjad back.

2x07 Music

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In this episode of Arab Labor, the Alian family members are invited to a concert where the neighbor's son will perform. Amjad is filled with envy because his daughter Maya isn't musically inclined, so he forces her to play the violin.

2x08 Memorial Day

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Memorial Day and Independence Day arrive. Amjad is torn between two cultures when he thinks he will be lighting a protest torch in front of the prime minister's house, but finds himself committing to light a torch for Independence Day at Mt Herzl.

2x09 Civil Guard

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Amjad joins the civil guard in order to protect the neighborhood from a series of break-ins, but turns into the neighborhood menace when he behaves like a sheriff in the Wild West.

2x10 Amjad Suspects

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Bushra has been busy at her clinic in the village and returns home very late. Amjad becomes mad with jealousy when he discovers one of her patients is a bully from his childhood who's grown up to be rich and charming.

2x11 Tension in the South

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A war breaks in the south ruining the idyll Amjad has finally reached with his neighbors. In an attempt to mediate the situation, he appears as a TV show guest after which he finds himself giving home to a family of war refugees from Sderot.

2x12 Swimming

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Amjad declares his inability to swim to his neighbors who convince him to take lessons, during which Amjad accidentally causes his instructor to drown and is accused of attempted manslaughter for racist reasons.

2x13 Amjad Superstar

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Amjad receives an offer from a TV network to host a new TV show in Arabic. He's always dreamt of appearing on TV, and, convinced he'll be the first Arab in prime-time, he discovers he has to host the show dressed as a bunny.

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