It’s hard to feel hopeful about a peaceful future in the Middle East right now. But a little optimism may lie in an unexpected place: a high school TV show. Madrasa, created by Arab-Israeli TV writer ...

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Kashua uprooted his family from their hometown of Jerusalem to move to Illinois, after violence in the Gaza Strip intensified. Israeli-born Arab writer Sayed Kashua had long made Jerusalem his home.