Day 55b: In this episode of Sleepless in Gaza, "Sleepless Girl" Diana goes to meet Amer Zahr, a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian, at his premiere show in Ramallah. See her backstage with the comedian taking about his first experience performing in Palestine. Amer's jokes about Arabs and Palestinians living in the United States elicit belly laughs from the crowd and he ends the night with an original, and highly comical, English version of an old Arabic song.
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The series "Sleepless in Gaza...and Jerusalem" is a video diary of young Palestinian women -- Muslim and Christian -- living in Gaza, Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, that shows the real life of Palestinians living under occupation. This three-month project examines the the day-to-day lives of the Sleepless Girls and the diverse reality of Palestine, be it social, political, economic, religious, or military.
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