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by Israel Hayom / JNS.org
Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, showrunners of Israeli television series ‘Fauda,’ smile during an interview with Reuters in Tel Aviv, May 30, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen.
JNS.org – The critically acclaimed Israeli TV series “Fauda” is about to mark another historical achievement by being dubbed into Farsi.
The Farsi version of the show is slated to air on Manoto TV, an international Persian-language channel based in London.
Manoto TV is available via six satellite signals in Iran, the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and West Asia, and reaches about 25 million Farsi speakers worldwide. According to a BBC report, in 2008 Manoto TV reached 30 percent of households in Iran.
“Fauda,” which means “chaos” in Arabic, became a global hit almost immediately after its first season aired in Israel. The show, which has bilingual scripts in Hebrew and Arabic, has been praised internationally for its gritty realism and unsparing portrayal of undercover commandos who pose as Arabs to pursue terrorists in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The New York Times listed it as one of the best shows of 2017, while pro-Palestinian campaigners have criticized it as Israeli war propaganda.
Co-created by Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff and produced by Yes Satellite Television Company, “Fauda” is considered the strongest TV brand exported by Israel. To date, it has aired in 190 countries through Netflix.
“We are proud that ‘Fauda’ is airing on this channel, and that it will, for the first time, allow a Farsi-speaking audience to watch the series and see the conflict from unfamiliar angles,” Issacharoff said.
