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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 String it Lucky : Arab Representation, Whiteness and Here Come the Habibs
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In this fish-out-of-water comedy by the Nine Network, A Lebanese-Australian family wins the lottery and moves into the one of the country's most affluent – and whitest – suburbs. While its humour does somewhat rely on stereotype, the series also interrogates class structures and Anglo hegemony; is this our cue, asks Mehal Krayem, to announce 'here comes a more diverse Australian on screen?'

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    y separately published work icon Metro Magazine vol. 189 Winter 2016 10714802 2016 periodical issue 2016 pg. 58-62
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58-62 String it Lucky : Arab Representation, Whiteness and Here Come the Habibssmall AustLit logo Metro Magazine
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  • Here Come the Habibs! Gary Eck , Phil Lloyd , Sam Meikle , Trent Roberts , Steve Walsh , Charlie Garber , 2016 series - publisher film/TV
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