Hi everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 495th episode of The Hollywood Reporters

Awards Chatter Podcast, I'm the host Scott Feinberg, and my guest today for an episode recorded

via Zoom in front of students of mine from Chapman University is a Kuwait-born Palestinian

stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and actor. His semi-autobiographical rookie comedy series

Moe, which was produced by A24 and streamed by Netflix, which he co-created with Rami

Yusuf, for which he wrote the pilot, and on which he stars, is the first Palestinian-American

sitcom, and is currently generating Emmy buzz. Since the show dropped back on August 24,

2022, it has accumulated rave reviews leading to a 100% score on Rodin Tomatoes, fans including

Steven Spielberg, and widespread recognition, including an AFI award for being one of the

top 10 TV shows of 2022, a Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough series 40 Minutes or Less,

a spirit-award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a new scripted series, and most recently

a Peabody Award, with the New Yorker describing its depiction of an undocumented immigrant's

life in Houston as, quote, delivered with a warmth, confidence, and localism that evokes

Spike Lee's Brooklyn, E-40's Bay Area, or the Philadelphia that Sylvester Stallone memorialized

in Rocky, closed quote, all a testament to the man behind the show, Moe Amor. Over the

course of our conversation, the 41-year-old and I discussed his and his family's real

journey to America, and after two decades to citizenship, how he discovered comedy and

honed his comedic skills, accumulating mentors along the way, including Dave Chappelle,

what it's been like developing with Yusef and acting on both Kulu's Rami and his own

show, plus much more. And so without further ado, let's go to that conversation.

Both thank you so much for joining us on the podcast, and on this podcast we always begin

truly at the beginning, which I know may seem weird because for people who have seen

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