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Mohammed 'Mo' Amer Born 24 July 1981
KuwaitResidence Houston, Texas,
United StatesNationality American Other names Mo Amer Ethnicity Palestinian Occupation Comedian and writer Notable works Allah Made Me Funny Style Islamic humour Religion Sunni Islam Website moamer.net/home Mohammed Amer (Arabic: محمد عامر; born 24 July 1981) is a Palestinian American Muslim comedian and writer.
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Background
Mohammed Amer is originally of Palestinian decent, and the youngest of six children. He and his family fled his birth country of Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War when he was 9 years old. They emigrated to the United States and settled in Houston, Texas.[1]
Career
At the age of fourteen, he participated in and had leading roles in high school theatre, and started performing stand-up comedy[2] by impersonating family members and developed it over a few years in the comedy club scene.[3]
He has performed in tours in over 27 countries on five continents including Germany, Italy, Sicily, Japan, Korea and Bahrain, as well as with other Muslim comics Preacher Moss and Azhar Usman in the "Allah Made Me Funny" comedy tour since 2006.[4]
In 2004, he performed at the The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2] In 2008, he performed at the Global Peace and Unity Event at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London organised by Islam Channel.[5]
See also
- Allah Made Me Funny
- Azhar Usman
- Preacher Moss
- Islamic humour
- Palestinian American
- Palestinian diaspora
- List of American Muslims
- List of Palestinian Americans
References
- ^ Donadoni, Serena. "Comedy With a Mission". Dispatches (The Cinema Girl). http://thecinemagirl.com/reviews/a/allah.htm.
- ^ a b "Legally Homeless :: Trials of a Refugee". http://www.legallyhomeless.com/html/bio.html. Biography
- ^ "Global Peace and Unity Event 2008". http://www.theglobalunity.com/08/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemid=248. Retrieved 25-10-2008. Performers
- ^ "Allah Made Me Funny". http://www.allahmademefunny.com/about/index.html. Retrieved 25-10-2008 About Allah Made Me Funny. Performers
- ^ "Mo Amer’s Official Website". http://www.moamer.net/bio. Biography
External links
Categories:- Living people
- 1981 births
- American Muslims
- Palestinian Muslims
- American people of Palestinian descent
- Palestinian emigrants to the United States
- Kuwaiti expatriates in the United States
- American comedians
- American stand-up comedians
- American comedians of Arab descent
- People from Houston, Texas
- Writers from Texas
- American comedian stubs
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