Comedian Mo Amer’s life is something out of a movie

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🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Palestinian-American comedian Mo Amer met Andrew this summer at Dave Chappelle’s socially distanced "Summer Camp.” In this episode, they reunite to talk hometown pride, how the vaccine will play out, and more.

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0:00.0	I thought it was fascinating that you were like,
0:01.7	I think the first Arab American comedian
0:03.6	to perform for the troops who were stationed in the Middle East.
0:06.0	So you're going over there being like,
0:07.1	hey guys.
0:07.8	I was a refugee, still.
0:10.1	I didn't even have my US citizenship.
0:11.9	I could have just disappeared in the middle of the night.
0:13.4	Nobody would have cared.
0:14.4	It's just like, I just said I didn't have anything,
0:17.7	any documentation.
0:18.7	I'd like snuck into Kuwait to get in to go to Iraq to do it.
0:23.0	And it was the first time that I went back.
0:25.1	Cause I felt like I had to reconcile a lot in my heart
0:27.6	about like how fast we left.
0:29.2	And I just thought how incredible it would be to go perform there.
0:32.2	And it was not necessarily was just like,
0:34.7	I want to go just perform for the troops.
0:36.6	It was more so like if I could perform in front of them and be myself
0:40.4	and be really my authentic self,
0:43.4	then I could perform anywhere.
0:45.9	And then I have no reservations about doing shows or being me.
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