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Arab-American comedians turn hardships into gags at West Bank festival
Thousands of Palestinians flock to Bethlehem, Ramallah and Jerusalem for the 1001 Laughs comedy festival where serious topics such as identity, stereotypes and the difficulty of air travel turned into comedy gold. On Friday afternoon Mo Amer stood under two looming globe-shaped light fixtures pouring heat over a makeshift stage at a Bethlehem hotel. The…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
August 16, 2015
A letter to Israel from a sympathetic Palestinian
As Israel faces international isolation and an uncertain future, one Palestinian offers some empathy: ‘I know how you feel.’ By Amer Zahr Israel, I know how you feel. It’s been a tough year. And it’s only just started. Your world seems like it’s crumbling around you. Everything you knew is no longer true. The comfortable…
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February 17, 2014
Netanyahu at the UN: Enter the twilight zone
To Israel’s prime minister, 1.2 million of his own country’s citizens do not exist. If that’s not living in an alternate reality, then what is? By Amer Zahr It’s hard to describe what it felt like listening to Benjamin Netanyahu speak Tuesday at the United Nations. Many phrases came to mind: “alternative reality,” “parallel universe,”…
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October 3, 2013
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