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Name: Jewish Arabs | Arab Jews
Start: 2021-04-14T12:00:00-0400
End: 2021-04-14T13:00:00-0400

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James Snyder, HKS/MEI Senior Fellow, in conversation with Sasson Gabay, award-winning Israeli stage, film, and television actor, notably for his performance in the acclaimed “The Band’s Visit.” This event a continuation of the fall 2020 MEI series, James Snyder in Conversation: A series of dialogues on art, culture, politics, and the possibilities for transcending conflict through cultural connection in the modern Middle East.

Date: Wed, Apr 14, 2021 Time: 12:00pm - 01:00pm Location: Online

James Snyder, HKS/MEI Senior Fellow, in conversation with Sasson Gabay, award-winning Israeli stage, film, and television actor, notably for his performance in the acclaimed “The Band’s Visit.” Born in Iraq of Sephardi Jewish heritage, this conversation will focus on the merging sensibilities of the Arab Jew and the Jewish Arab across the Middle Eastern landscape and their depictions on stage and screen.

Sasson Gabai is an Israeli actor. He is the winner of an Ophir Award, Asia Pacific Screen Award, European Film Awards and Jerusalem Film Festival in 2007 as Best Actor in a highly acclaimed Israeli film The Band's Visit.

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