During the recent Ramadan holiday, Palestine TV launched an innovative new comedy, "Country on a String," that won praise from pundits and viewers for daring to poke fun at corruption in the Palestinian Authority and Hamas rulers in the Gaza Strip.
Time Magazine produced this nice video on the series, which shows some snippets from the episodes, including one in which they lampoon Hamas leaders for imposing new rules that required female attorneys in Gaza to wear head scarves.
(The restrictions evolve to the point where everyone is wearing burqas without eye holes, so neither the judges nor the lawyers can see what's going on in the courtroom...)
The sitcom producers are hoping the series will have a life after Ramadan...
Diaspora Palestinians as well as others would like to see this show. Diana Buttu mentioned that you could watch some epidsodes online, but I don't remember where.
Do you happen to know where the show might be online?
Thx.
Posted by: Edie | September 25, 2009 at 08:44 PM
uhm... theres is zero evidence that Hamas has attempted to enforce Shariah law on the Gaza strip.
Have your issues with Hamas, but seriously don't make stuff up.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3762017,00.html
Posted by: word | September 25, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Actually, the Palestine TV show in question is, as they say in LA, "ripped from the headlines." In July, there were many stories about the court order and other efforts by Hamas to impose new religious values in Gaza:
http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/jerusalem/2009/07/hamas-imposing-islamic-values-in-gaza.html
And here is one of the new posters you can see around town:
http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/jerusalem/2009/08/sign-of-the-times-gaza.html
Posted by: Dion Nissenbaum | September 26, 2009 at 06:02 AM