Palestinian star ‘proud and hurt’ after Netflix hit

BBC Newsbeat

With thinking about hitting Netflix based on his private life, there are two things that come to mind for the Palestinian comedian momer.
Pride and harm.
“It is very difficult to talk about it without collapsing at some point,” BBC Newsbeat told BBC News.
He is a semi -CV star entitled MO, plays the role of Mojjar.
The character is a Palestinian refugee who learns to adapt to his new world as he seeks to obtain American citizenship by moving in a complex immigration process – all while trying to combine his cultures and languages.
The presentation of the offer was closely related to his life “imposing very taxes” due to the “huge amount of passion”.
“I am very proud of it. I put my soul in it and I am still in pain.”

There was another challenge to navigation – when this second season was appointed.
The last episode, which depicted Mu, was appointed to his family’s home in the West Bank, on October 6, 2023.
This is a day before the Palestinian armed group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack across the border on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
This led to a huge Israeli military attack in Gaza, which killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.
Avoid October 7 in the story was “very intended,” said.
He says the show “is based on comedy” in the end, and the episodes focus after the post -attack attack away from the story and characters.
“You don’t really follow them, their emotions,” said.
“I do not lose hope”
Mu says he wants to take into account the “greatest context” in mind and that the focus on October 7 and its effects “this is just hinting.”
“This cannot be further from the truth,” he says, referring to Long history of the conflict.
He says there is also practical as well, due to the length of time between filming and releasing them for more than a year.
“It was somewhat similar to writing any frightening area about something, then all these things happened.
“Then everything I wrote and consisted in the series can be unrelated.”

The show was wide A positive receptionWith the end of the fans – and more.
He traces the personality of his family with his family to the West Bank occupied by Israel and their experience in life there.
From his point of view, he explains that the complex daily Palestinians can face them, such as being subjected to careful scrutiny at the checkpoints controlled by Israeli soldiers.
The character Mu also shows tear gas.
The West Bank – the land between Israel and the Jordan River – is an estimated habitat of about three million Palestinians and a half million Jewish settlers.
Along with East Jerusalem and Gaza, it is part of what is widely known as the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israel occupied the regions of the Middle East war in 1967 and building settlements that are illegal under international law. Israel collapses this.
Palestinians demand the fields of a future independent state and want to remove all settlements.
“I have received a lot of calls from people completely in a state of chaos after watching the last episode and the meaning of viewing,” said.
He adds that he was “not only Palestinians” to contact him.
Mu says that the last episode – originally 60 minutes – was “just as we filmed” before it was finally edited to 39 minutes.
He says he wants to cover “major strokes”, which included how difficult it is to enter and live as a Palestinian there.
“Immediately, you are not on vacation,” he says. “You are on the edge of the abyss, in fact.”

Mo feels that there was a limited representation of Palestinians on television and cinema, which means more pressure on his shoulders.
“There is a lot of [pressure] Among the masses … more external voices of what I should say and do not say – both Palestinians and non -Palestinians. “
“You really have to put mystery and focus on telling the story that I know and I have been faced directly.”
Mu says he cannot “get away” to be seen as a spokesman for the Palestinians, and admits that “like public property at this stage.”
“I think everyone only needs to manage their expectations. But I will not be ashamed of it,” he says.
“Those who agree with me or do not agree with me … It is important to continue dialogue and conversation.”
The ceasefire agreement in Gaza presented some hope that there would be a fight, but he also felt anxious about the concern of the collapse of the deal.
Mo says he “always hopes” that things can improve.
“I do not lose hope.
“If you do this, it will become a truly sad place whenever you are free of hope,” he says.

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2025-03-12 00:37:00