'Fauda' Star on Hit Show's Blend of Jewish, Arab Worlds

[Music] here in israel uh can be fun can be really fun and i know it's complicated because it talks about the conflict but it was a great adventure allah dhaka stars in the third season of fauda as bashar hamdan a young palestinian boxer with big aspirations the 25 year old actor grew up in the southern israeli city of beersheva a convergence of jewish and arab worlds i love both people i can't hate either of the sides i grew up with them i grew up with them both they're both in me they're both a part of me i would never i can never say that one of them is not a part of my personality is not part of how i speak is not a part of who i am as a person through the course of the season his character evolves from a fighting protege to a confused son thrust into an anti-terror plot which puts him between his family and his mentor unable to escape the war zone bashar is ultimately stripped of his innocence and driven by his revenge for allah bringing himself into the character channeling his pain was the most challenging part i mean it forced me to look for the the places where i got hurt as a kid the places where i got uh where i got kicked out as a kid the person where i got what my difference got me out of the group or got me uh away from from the from everybody so uh when i did bashar i needed to go back into my memories to this to these moments has been crazed for showing a multi-layered view of the israeli-palestinian conflict it's making waves from hollywood to dubai hitting netflix top 10 around the arab world in jordan the uae lebanon and beyond i was surprised yeah because i never thought that the arab world or was i mean i knew that they're watching it i never know i never knew how much they're watching it i got many messages from mary many arab countries i think everybody wants to know what's going on in here and think about fault that gives uh puts the camera inside the borders they've got a lot of messages from all around the arab world that got invitations to many different countries so i think that combination that's starting to happen followed uh melting this melting these borders with the arab countries i don't see it as a bad thing i don't see a bad thing i see it as a good thing because melting the board is what we need as people it's human race um so so far is doing a good thing that people enjoyed and wants to know hebrew and the people in in kiram wants to know arabic i think we're doing good i think [Music] you

Channel: i24NEWS English

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Keywords: i24NEWS, Israel, Palestine, West Bank, Fauda, Netflix

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Length: 3min 12sec (192 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 09 2020