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Palestinian American comedian Amer Zahr all set to speak ‘the truth’ at Dubai show
Arab News ^ | 13 April 2024 | SHYAMA KRISHNA KUMAR

Posted on 04/14/2024 7:34:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Palestinian American comedian Amer Zahr, who is set to perform at the Dubai Comedy Festival on April 17, says he is an activist who “likes to use comedy as his tool.”

In an interview with Arab News ahead of his show at the Dubai Opera, Zahr said: “Activism is about telling the truth. Being Palestinian is about telling the truth. And comedy is about telling the truth. People sometimes say to me, ‘Hey, I never know when you’re joking.’ I tell them, ‘Look, I’m always being serious. I’m always telling the truth.’ But a comedian uses humor to tell the truth.

“Because if you can make someone laugh, they listen to you and they let down their guard.

“And we Palestinians have been trying to tell our story for 75 years. And we’ve been using art, music, poetry … but for me, I found that comedy is a very effective way. So, I’m a Palestinian first who is trying to tell our stories, and comedy is my tool,” he added.

Zahr, who is also a law professor and political activist, said he got hooked to stand-up comedy while in law school.

“I had thought about comedy and then in law school, the opportunity presented itself where there was a show going on, and they kind of asked if anyone wants to do some comedy before the main comedian comes on. And so, I said ‘let me try it.’ I got up there. I told a couple stories about my dad. Everybody laughed, and I got kind of hooked to the idea of being on a stage and being able to make people laugh and connect with people in that way,” said Zahr.

For Zahr, the allure of stand-up comes from the fact that it involves “speaking truth to power.”

He said: “Comedy is one of the purest art forms. When somebody sings, we’re okay with it if we learned later on that they didn’t write the song. We’re just happy they have a great voice. But when you hear a comedian, you assume that everything that that person is saying is genuine and coming from them. And if you learned later that it wasn’t, you might feel cheated.

“Comedy is a very personal art form between the audience and the comedian. And, so, that’s something that you that you grow into. And then comedy, in its purest form, is a form of protest, speaking truth to power. And, so, it kind of fits the Palestinian story perfectly,” he added.

Asked about what audiences can expect from his Dubai show, Zahr said: “It’s going to be me telling the Palestinian story from before Oct. 7, and after Oct. 7, with love, laughter and the truth. And maybe during the show, I’ll make people laugh until they cry. And sometimes I’ll make them cry until they laugh.”


TOPICS: Humor; Local News
KEYWORDS: amerzahr
It sounds like his parents were kicked out twice "by their own people." Possibly because their idea were two Western.

I would advise him not to tell too much truth in Dubai.

1 posted on 04/14/2024 7:34:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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An activist entertainer. How rare. {spit}.


2 posted on 04/14/2024 7:38:36 PM PDT by alternatives? (`)
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“Being Palestinian is about telling the truth.”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

That’s funny right there. I don’t care who you are.


3 posted on 04/14/2024 7:39:23 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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Sounds like a laff riot.


4 posted on 04/14/2024 7:46:04 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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There is no such thing as a Palestinian American.


5 posted on 04/14/2024 7:49:23 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Gun show sales aren't the problem, public school zombie walkers are the problem.)
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There is no such thing as a Palestinian American.


6 posted on 04/14/2024 7:49:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Gun show sales aren't the problem, public school zombie walkers are the problem.)
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[[Being Palestinian is about telling the truth]]

Yeah sure- Taqiyya


7 posted on 04/14/2024 7:50:05 PM PDT by Bob434
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Truth: ham ass

Rapes
Murders
Roasts babies alive in ovens
Nail guns women’s vaginas closed
Shoots women they have raped while alive in the vagina to kill them
Rapes dead women, children and grandmothers so hard they break their pelvises
Rapes men anally
Kidnaps anyone they can lay their hands on
Then murders the kidnapped
Starves their hostages
Tortures their hostages
Buys and sells their hostages

Etc.

TELL THE TRUTH A$$#○£€!!!


8 posted on 04/14/2024 8:06:36 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (DEI = Didn't Earn It!)
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"A Palestinian telling the truth."

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Now THAT'S Funny! Oh, stop it! You're breaking me up!


9 posted on 04/15/2024 2:01:25 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam. sic semper tyrannis.)
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Hahaha, he’s gonna bomb...


10 posted on 04/15/2024 4:04:18 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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… It’s going to be me telling the Palestinian story from before Oct. 7, and after Oct. 7, with love, laughter and the truth.

October 7th with love and laughter?! What the….

11 posted on 04/15/2024 5:24:00 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.c)
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