Today on the show, we welcome Palestinian American comedian, speaker, writer, and academic Amer Zahr. Drawing on his experiences growing up as a child of Palestinian refugees, Amer’s lecturing and sold out comedy tours, globally, cover topics that include politics, culture, identity, and in order shed light on the occupation. He is also the author of the popular blog “The Civil Arab,” and the author of his first book “Being Palestinian Makes Me Smile.”

We discuss Amer's Palestinian backstory as a child of refugees from Akka and Nazareth and the start of his career as a comedian and how he combines so brilliantly his law background and studies with his comedy?

Amer delves into how he combines humor as a tool to educate people on Palestine and  lightheartedly tap into Palestinian culture. 

We discuss growing up and living in the Mid-West  with respect to Arab racism and Islamophobia, and exercising Palestinian-ness. 

We tap into Amer's work with Bernie Sanders, who has been consistently vocal on Palestinian rights and the activism work spanning decades that has led to Palestine becoming trendy, cool and hip and more accepted within certain circles.

We discuss activism on college campuses and prevalent shift in US public opinion on Palestine along with IHRA and the attempts to pass  anti constitutional laws to hinder activism and free speech on Palestine.

We discuss the topic of Palestine in US politics and presidential elections and US l aid to Israel which is nearly $3 billion a year, that can be utilized domestically in the US.

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Guest: Amer Zahr 
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Co-hosts:
Lina Hadid @palestinelobby
Lama Bazzari @cravingpalestine

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