December 16, 2020
Israeli singer Dudu Tassa, who traces his Sephardic Jewish roots to Iraq, performed during his recent visit to Dubai with Emirati singer Mohamed Al Shehhi. (Photo courtesy of AAM)
Two of the biggest international stories of 2020 — COVID-19 and the Arab world’s gradual warming to Israel — dominated last Thursday night’s awards gala hosted by the Washington-based nonprofit group America Abroad Media (AAM).
Hosted by Margaret Brennan of the CBS News program
Face the Nation, the annual AAM extravaganza this year was a scaled-down, 45-minute virtual event starring the cast and crew of two films — the 2011 thriller
Contagionand the controversial Saudi TV series