We didn't have a TV in Iran, so we're fortunate to have a TV and a satellite dish in Damascus. We get all the Middle Eastern channels here (MBC, Dubai One, Fox, Iranian channels) and we also get Ahlul Bayt TV and all the other international ones too (CNN, BBCWorld etc).
Its weird watching Indian films dubbed in Arabic - it just souds sooo wrong (they don't dub the singing and dancing). Fox airs a whole host of 'straight-to-DVD' films and also all the crappy shows that never went past a second series. Oh and there's an episode of CSI on every other hour - there are only so many gruesome murders and rapes I can cope with in one day.
All the swear words and nudity scenes are blocked out. But the funny thing is that if the swear word is made up of 2 words (e.g. mother f@$%^&) then they don't bother to beep it! And even though nudity scenes are cut out, they still air shows where adultery is the main theme.
It's probably a good thing that the TV here is crap - it means we get more studying done!
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