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Ash-Shatat (Arabic: الشتات, lit. 'The Diaspora'; also transliterated Al Shatat) is a 29-part Syrian television documentary series, produced in 2003 by a private Syrian film company,[1] Linn, at a cost of $5.1m.[2]
Content and allegations of antisemitism
editThe Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France also said that scenes in Al-Shatat, which purported to depict the history of the Zionist movement, portrayed the killing of a Christian child by Jews to use the victim's blood to make matzoh.[3]
Production and broadcast
editAlthough it was produced in Syria and the closing credits give "special thanks" to various Syrian government entities (including the security ministry, the culture ministry, the Damascus Police Command, and the Department of Antiquities and Museums), Syrian national television "declined to air the program".[1] Ash-Shatat was shown on Lebanon's Al-Manar, leading to a ban on the channel in France. Al-Manar responded that the French decision was political and not legal, influenced by Israel and Jewish lobbies.[4] According to Counterpunch, the station droppped it: "Al Manar management apologized for airing the series, dropped it and explained that the Station had purchased it without first viewing the entire series."[5] The series was shown in Iran in 2004, and in Jordan during October 2005 on Al-Mamnou, a Jordanian satellite network.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b U.S. Department of State (2005), Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2004 - Syria, February 2005
- ^ MEMRI, 12 December 2003, Al-Shatat: The Syrian-Produced Ramadan 2003 TV Special
- ^ Cochrane, Paul (7 March 2007). "Bombs and broadcasts: Al Manar's battle to stay on air". Arab Media & Society. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Al Jazeera, 27 December 2004 US designates Al-Manar TV 'terrorist' Archived 18 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 1 August 2006
- ^ a b Franklin Lamb (January 1–3, 2010). "The Israel Lobby's War on Al Manar TV: How a Lebanese Television Station Got Included on the T-List". CounterPunch. Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- Ash-Shatat at IMDb
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