Um Hārūn (Gulf Arabic: ام هارون, romanized: Um Hārūn, lit. 'Mother of Aaron', Gulf Arabic pronunciation: [ʊm häːruːn]) is a Kuwaiti television series that started airing during Ramadan in 2020, a time when TV viewership in Arabic-speaking countries is very high. Most of the actors and actresses are from Arab states of the Persian Gulf, with the most notable being from Kuwait.The series portrays the relations between the Muslim/Christian and Jewish communities within an unnamed Persian Gulf country, which according to the historical events of the show checks out to be Kuwait around 1948. It portrays the disruptions in social life suffered by the Jewish community during the peak of the Zionist movement and the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, followed by the systematic racism and discrimination they faced in Israel after they voluntary and involuntary emigrated from their home country. Their immigration, as well as many of the acts that were perceived as anti-Semitic, were allegedly facilitated by members of the Zionist movement in their hometown in order to create disruptions and convince the unbudging anti-Zionist Jewish community to emigrate, which mirror some of the actual recorded cases of anti-Jewish acts that took place in the Arab world, which were perpetrated by members of the Zionist movement for similar reasons.Before it started airing, the show brought mixed reactions, with many claiming that show is an attempt to temper the desire to normalise relations between Arab-states, most of whom don't have relations with Israel, at least in an official capacity, and Israel. Many of the actors and actresses including the lead actress, as well as the series' writer and the broadcasting network deny the charges.