34: Trailblazing the stand up comedy revolution in the Middle East w/ Nemr Abou Nassar

Be Here For A While

Comedy Interviews, Education, Self-improvement, Comedy

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2016

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Nemr is a Lebanese/American Stand-Up Comedian who is credited with establishing and pioneering the stand-up comedy scene throughout the Middle East where he performs in English. Nemr grew up in San Diego and then moved back with his family to Lebanon. He went on to break down barriers and unite people in a region where bombing on stage can have a completely different meaning. On the heels of his hugely successful tour, Nemr continues his 2016 international comedy tour extending to almost every city across the U.S., and expanding to Europe and Australia making this a truly global event. In short, there is no stopping Nemr from accomplishing in America and worldwide what he did across the Middle East, bringing people together through laughter and merriment.

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0:00.0	Hello guys welcome back to their episode of Be here for a while I have one of my
0:18.0	favorite people on my podcast today he's a you are thank you I talk very
0:22.2	highly of you.
0:23.1	Do you really?
0:23.4	I see you very rarely, but when I talk about you, I talk very highly of you.
0:26.8	I definitely would like to say likewise.
0:28.7	I have always spoken very high.
0:30.1	Yes.
0:31.1	That's so nice.
0:32.1	Anyway, it's not surprising. I knew I invited you over here's so nice. It's not surprising.
0:33.0	I knew I invited you over here for a reason.
0:36.0	He's 11, I'm just going to read your bio because it's fascinating.
0:39.0	He's a Lebanese American comedian who's creating unity through laughter and he will explain this.
0:45.3	You're smart, you're hilarious and you have so much insight about the Middle East and the world.
0:50.6	And that's what a lot of your comedy is about and I've always found these stories to be fascinating
1:04.4	You've recently been featured on Daily Beach Chicago Tribune named you one of the top ten comedians to watch and you single-handedly created the comedy movement in Beirut and you were on the cover of Rolling Stone in the Middle East.
1:06.0	That's pretty cool.
1:07.3	Not bad.
1:08.3	That's, I mean, that's pretty cool.
1:09.7	Rolling Stone.
1:10.7	I mean, yeah.
1:11.7	I'm so obsessed with just rock stars in general and the magazine
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