‘I can’t handle all this emotion’: Mo Amer on using daring comedy to redefine the Palestinian experience
The first season of Mo, comedian Mo Amer’s Netflix show, was a funny, moving look at life as a Palestinian immigrant in the US – then 7 October turned everything on its head. He talks about ceasefire hopes and why he can’t stop crying
Moments before I’m due to talk to Mo Amer, a notification pings on my phone. After 15 months of unthinkable violence, Israel and Hamas have agreed on terms for a ceasefire. As his Zoom window clicks online, I’m parsing the news for details. As a man who has found himself becoming one of the most prominent Palestinian voices on Earth, so is he.
“I just got a flurry of text messages about it as I came to my computer,” he says, holding his phone to the screen. “It’s literally teed up and ready to go.” Presumably, I say, the gut reaction to the news is a good one.
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