Amer Zahr: “Palestinians’ job every day is to prove that they exist” | The InnerView

Amer Zahr is a Palestinian-American comedian who uses humor as a form of protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and as a way to tell the story of his people.

Zahr joins The InnerView and tells Imran Garda that while he may be a comedian, he never jokes—humor, for him, is a tool to tell the truth. He shares the secrets of comedy techniques, discusses the hypocrisy of Western society, whether he has a preference as a Palestinian for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump and explains his theory of why he believes “white male comedy” is actually the hardest job in the world.

00:00 On Arabs changing their names in the US
01:05 Comedy in dark times
02:32 Power, hypocrisy and Ahmed Ahmed - What is comedy for?
04:02 Comedy techniques, inspirations and idols
07:58 From the courtroom to the stage
11:30 Why are Hollywood's doors not as open to Amer Zahr as they are to others?
12:24 Family
12:51 Telling the Palestinian story through art
14:18 Palestine doesn't exist?
16:32 On being a national surrogate for Bernie Sanders
18:05 The role of the Palestine issue in the 2024 US elections
19:06 Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?
21:44 Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race
22:06 Can Democrats transform?
24:13 "Biden is an ideologically committed Zionist"
25:28 "Arab part of the conversation"

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