A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American — “like, part of me thinks I should have a nuclear program; the other part thinks I can’t be trusted …” (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2010, July 2010 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 9:15)
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A sampling of Maz Jobrani’s stand-up, sprinkled with the work of his Axis of Evil Comedy Tour collaboratorsComedian Maz Jobrani has some advice for anyone who happens to be Middle Eastern and getting on a plane in the United States. “As a Middle Eastern male, I know there’s certain things I’m not supposed to say on an airplane in the U.S. I can’t walk down the aisle and be like, ‘Hi, Jack.’ […]
4 efforts to diffuse conflict in Israel with artIsraeli graphic designer Ronny Edry has always loved posting images on Facebook, most of them garnering just a few random likes from his friends. But on March 15, he posted an image that got a different kind of reaction. The image showed him holding his young daughter, an Israeli flag in her hand. In comic […]
Wolf Zirbs commented on Oct 8 2011
Good performance and halping disassemble prejudices!