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Source: http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/jews-take-it-all-jewish-themed-tv-series-wins-major-prize-bahrain-festival-820128

Jewish-Themed TV Series Wins Prize at Bahrain Festival

(Al-Ahram-Egypt-Albawaba-Jordan) The Egyptian TV series Haret Al-Yahoud (The Jewish Quarter) scooped the Best TV Series award at the 14th Gulf Radio and Television Festival on 14 March in Bahrain. The series, which aired during Ramadan 2015, traces how particular events in modern Egyptian history - the 23 July Revolution and the 1956 War - affected the everyday lives of Egyptian Jews. It is the story of a Jewish girl who falls in love with a Muslim man, a love story that becomes impossible due to the changing political environment in Egypt in the 1950s.

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