Amer Zahr

Amer Zahr is a Palestinian-American comedian and political activist.

Amer Zahr in Dearborn in 2017 performing at the Arab American National Museum

Biography

Zahr was born in Jordan to refugee parents of Palestinian heritage originally from Nazareth, and then moved to the United States when he was three years old.[1][2][3]

Zahr was raised in a Christian-Muslim family in the Philadelphia area. His father is Christian and his mother is Muslim.[4]

He now lives, and is based in, Dearborn, Michigan.[5] He is an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.[6]

In 2016, Zahr served a national surrogate for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.[7][8]

In 2013, Zahr founded the "1001 Laughs Dearborn Comedy Festival," which continues annually.[9] He wrote "Being a Palestinian Makes Me Smile" and made the documentary We’re Not White, which was released in August 2017.[10][11][12][13]

gollark: No, still stupid. Yes, you can not know things and that is fine. But not looking up relevant safety information (or ignoring it? If I remember right, that person was not very receptive to people saying that they were doing stupid things) when doing something you can quite easily recognize as potentially dangerous is stupid.
gollark: I would consider mishandling radioactive material, or trolling about it, very stupid.
gollark: Never underestimate human stupidity.
gollark: Although I don't think they'll let you buy people.
gollark: It's a lower bound. The real figure is probably a lot more.

References
  1. "US-Palestinian comedian brings laughter to Ramallah". 9 September 2016.
  2. "Arabs and African Americans: A Complicated Relationship Between Solidarity and Bigotry - New America Media".
  3. "Arab American event in Flint offers insight through comedy, food and art".
  4. "Arab-Muslim comedy finding voice after 9/11".
  5. Jilani2016-03-09T21:32:41+00:00, Zaid JilaniZaid. "Bernie Sanders Won America's Largest Arab Community by Being Open to Them".
  6. "AMER ZAHR at University of Detroit Mercy". www.udmercy.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  7. "In New Jersey, Arab Americans Rally for Bernie Sanders". Observer. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  8. Nagl, Kurt. "Dearborn: Arab Americans gear up to vote, defying Trump". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  9. "48 Hours: Best things to do in Metro Detroit".
  10. "Inside the house of Omar Mateen, a hateful mass murderer who loved his toddler".
  11. "Middle Easterners assert their own unique identity". 16 March 2014.
  12. ""We're Not White" - a film by Amer Zahr". YouTube. 16 August 2017.
  13. "Film sends note to Census Bureau: Arab Americans are not "white"". Michigan Radio. 29 August 2017.
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