Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is a Dean?s Scholar and Masters candidate in journalism at the University of Southern California with a focus on television documentary. She is an unabashed movie maniac and has worked in public media, including KCET?s California Connected, KQED?s The California Report and KVIE?s Viewfinder.

CultureMarch 8, 2010

Oscar-Nominated Ajami Depicts Reality of Second-Class Citizenship for Arab Israelis

By Meghan McCarty

Set on the mean streets of Jaffa, politics are ever-present in a tragic tale of a drug deal gone bad. Meanwhile, in the city that gives the film its title Jewish-only housing is being approved and properties developed.