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Mo Amer

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “kuwaiti-born american stand-up comedian and writer of palestinian descent”. Today it says “palestinian-american stand-up comedian and actor”.
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Palestinian American comedian For other people with similar names, see Mohamed Amer . Mohammed Mustafa Amer ( ; born July 24, 1981) is a Palestinian American stand-up comedian . He is best known for his Netflix comedy special Mo Amer: The Vagabond , and his role as one third of the comedy trio Allah Made Me Funny .1 He also starred for two seasons, alongside comedian Ramy Youssef , in the Hulu sitcom Ramy as Ramy's cousin Mo, who owns a diner.2 He stars in the film Black Adam .3 He also created and stars in a Netflix TV show called Mo . The show is loosely based on his own experience growing up as a Palestinian refugee and was released in August 2022.4

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kuwaiti-born american stand-up comedian and writer of palestinian descent

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palestinian-american stand-up comedian and actor

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