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Cohen had his international breakout role in 2015, on the political thriller television series Fauda. He plays Captain Gabi Ayub, the top interrogator in Israel's Shin Bet unit. The show has received international critical acclaim, with The New York Times voting it the best international show of 2017.
- The Cast Is Actually Really Famous
- Hamas Reportedly Produced Its Own Version of Fauda
- Fauda Is Super Popular in The Arab World
- Fauda Is The First Hebrew- and Arab-Language Series to Make It Big
- Lior Raz’s Initial Claim to Fame Involves Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Tehran Connection
- Not All The Arabic on Fauda Is Fluent
- The Creators Landed Themselves Some Big Bucks
- The Undercover Commandos Can No Longer Go Undercover
- Chaos, Chaos, Chaos
Many Fauda stars are veteran household names in Israel. Marina Maximillian (Hila) and Idan Amedi (Sagi), for example, are famous singers, while Itzik Cohen (Captain Ayoub) is a comedian who was part of the country’s most iconic drag band. Shadi Mar’i (Walid) has a super-impressive film and television career behind him, and Netta Garti (Gali) is one...
Yes, you read that right. According to news reports, Hamas was so upset with the way “Fauda” represents the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that it decided to counter it with a TV drama of its own. The low-budget production was reportedly to be called “Fist of the Free” and tell the tale of a 2018 incident in the Gaza Strip. Alas, it has yet to make t...
For a while now, it’s been known that Fauda has become something of a guilty pleasure among viewers in the Arab world. But now that Season 4’s dropped, it’s official – Fauda made it recently to top viewing spots in Netflix throughout the Arab and Muslim world. We’re talking Netflix’s most viewed show in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, second ...
After numerous English-language adaptations of hit Israeli showsmade it to large audiences worldwide (hello there, Homeland), Fauda is the first Israeli Hebrew- and Arabic-language program to really make it overseas. Ever since it was picked up by streaming giant Netflix, it reached many millions of homes across the world, raising the profile of Is...
Before rubbing shoulders with stars in premieres worldwide, Fauda creator and star Lior Raz’s connection to Hollywood was even more classically Israeli: He was the bodyguard of none other than former movie star and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. After a super-combat military service that also lent its experiences to the writing of Fauda...
It might be no accident that Tehran became the next big Israeli thing to grace international TV. Moshe Zonder, lead writer for the first season of Fauda, went on to create Tehran, which became a massive hit for Netflix rival Apple TV. Not unlike Fauda, Tehran gives dedicated screentime to lots of Farsi dialogue, Israeli-Iranian and American-Iranian...
One of the best things about Fauda, in our opinion, is the screen time given to Arabic dialogue. And yet, not all of the supposedly Arabic-speaking Israeli actors actually speak the language. One prominent example is Itzik Cohen, who plays Gabi Ayoub, the Shin Bet captain who seems to have an Arabic saying for every occasion. Turns out, Cohen learn...
Fauda creators Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff earned big bucks when their production company, Faraway Road Productions, was purchased by Candle Media for a reported $50 million. Candle Media is headed by former Disney execs, giving a promising show of confidence in the two Israelis’ ability to create even more fabulous content in upcoming years. We c...
In a recent interview given to Hebrew-language newspaper Maariv, Lior Raz shared how he can no longer go incognito around the world. He related that on one trip to Dubai with co-star Idan Amedi, the two were bombarded by fans from all corners of the globe – so it’s just as well that they’re not actually real-life undercover agents.
Just in case you have yet to learn what the word faudaactually means, let us relieve you of the uncertainty: chaos. In Arabic. But now also all across the world, as the show’s enthusiastic fans try to casually (and most likely unsuccessfully) drop the word into everyday conversation. Topics: Life, culture, Fauda, Israeli film and TV
Jul 7, 2022 · July 07, 2022 14:31. Film. Fauda. Netflix. TV. As Fauda launches its fourth series in Israel next week (be patient UK fans, it’s coming here on Netflix soon), one of its stars, Itzik Cohen...
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Fauda: Created by Avi Issacharoff, Lior Raz. With Lior Raz, Itzik Cohen, Neta Garty, Rona-Lee Shimon. The human stories on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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42 Photos. Itzik Cohen was born on 9 September 1968 in Israel. He is an actor and writer, known for A Matter of Size (2009), Fauda (2015) and The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem (2021). He was previously married to Michal Kirschenbaum. More at IMDbPro.
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Jun 15, 2018 · Itzik Cohen, who plays Captain Gabi Ayub on the hit Israeli TV show Fauda, wrote this guest blog for Creative Community For Peace (CCFP), expressing his views on the show and on its...
Dec 29, 2021 · In addition to Raz, the new season sees the return of Itzik Cohen as Captain Ayub, Rona-Lee Shimon as Nurit, Idan Amedi as Sagi, Doron Ben David as Steve, Yaacov Zada Daniel as Eli, and Meirav...
