Mo Amer: Stand-Up Comedian and Actor
Kerning Cultures
Kerning Cultures Network
4.9 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
We’re thrilled to share another podcast from Kerning Cultures Network with you: al empire.
al empire returns for Season 3 with more stories of exceptional Arabs from around the world and their journey to the top, from comedians and entrepreneurs to musicians and media mavericks. This season of al empire, we’re also releasing the full uncut video episodes online.
In this episode, we sit down with Palestinian-American stand-up comedian and actor Mo Amer.
Mo always knew he wanted to be a comedian, and he has turned that life-long passion into an incredible career in stand-up, TV, film, and many other mediums. The star of Mo, Ramy, DC’s Black Adam, and many Netflix specials like The Vagabond sits down with Dana Ballout to kick off Season 3 of al empire. They discuss his early years as a Palestinian refugee in Houston, TX, touring comedy clubs in post-9/11 America, and how he hopes to “influence the culture” with his art.
This episode is hosted by Dana Ballout. Produced by Finbar Anderson and Alex Atack with additional support from Ahmed Ashour. Edited by Alex Atack and Ahmed Ashour. Research and fact checking by Deena Sabry. Sound design by Monzer El-Hachem.
Special thanks to Majd Bani Odeh, and Quincy at Sacred Stone Media in Houston, Texas.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, this is your host, Dana Balutz. |
| 0:08.6 | We recently wrapped season four of Kearning Cultures. |
| 0:12.0 | And before we go into deep production mode for our next season, |
| 0:15.7 | we thought we'd leave you with an episode from another Kernan Cultures Network production. |
| 0:20.1 | It's called Al Empire. |
| 0:21.9 | El Empire is a podcast that features awesome and exceptional Arabs around the world and their |
| 0:26.7 | journey to the top of their industry. For this third season of El Empire, I sat down with the |
| 0:32.1 | amazing Palestinian-American stand-up comedian and actor, Mohamed. We discussed being a refugee in Houston, Texas, |
| 0:39.9 | touring comedy clubs post-9-11, |
| 0:42.2 | and how he hopes to influence the culture |
| 0:44.5 | with his art. If you enjoyed this episode, |
| 0:47.5 | make sure to subscribe to Al-E-E-E-M-E-E-M-P-I-R-E. |
| 0:50.9 | To receive new episodes every week, |
| 0:53.2 | that's Al-E-M-P-I-R-E. Thanks so much. |
| 0:59.2 | Take care. |
| 1:05.9 | It went viral. It was everywhere. |
| 1:07.9 | I don't even remember being like there was a Muslim doing stand-up close to me if they weren't even Arab. |
| 1:13.9 | I felt insulted. |
| 1:16.2 | I was like, where is my audience? |
| 1:18.3 | If not me, who? |
| 1:19.6 | Why can't I do it? |
| 1:24.1 | This is Al-Empaire. |
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