"Whether it's stand-up comedy specials or a dramedy series, when Muslim American Mo Amer sets out to create, he writes what he knows. The comedian, writer and actor of Palestinian descent has received critical acclaim for it, too. The second season of Amer's Mo documents Mo Najjar and his family's tumultuous journey reaching asylum in the United States as Palestinian refugees."
"Whenever you want to make a grounded show that feels very real and authentic to the story and their cultural background, you write to that, Amer told The Associated Press. And once you do that, it just feels very natural, and when you accomplish that, other people can see themselves very easily. At the start of its second season, viewers find Najjar running a falafel taco stand in Mexico after he was locked in a van transporting stolen olive trees across the U.S.-Mexico border."
Mo Amer, a Muslim American comedian, writer and actor of Palestinian descent, creates material drawn from personal experience. The second season follows Mo Najjar and his family as Palestinian refugees pursuing asylum in the United States while attempting to build an olive oil business. Najjar's journey includes being locked in a van transporting stolen olive trees and running a falafel taco stand in Mexico. The series addresses Israeli-Palestinian relations, the Gaza conflict and conditions faced by asylum seekers in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. Both seasons streamed on Netflix, with the first season winning a Peabody. The work is part of a wave of Arab and Muslim American creators telling nuanced, stereotype-defying stories.
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