Palestine star ‘proud and wounded’ after Netflix’s blow

Reflecting on Netflix’s success based on his own life, there are two things that come to mind for the Palestinian comedian Mo Amer.

Pride and pain.

“It is very difficult to speak without decomposing at some point,” says BBC Newsbeat.

It is the star of the semi -autobiographical show titled M, playing the role of Mo Najjar.

The character is a Palestinian refugee who learns to adapt to his new world while seeking to obtain US citizenship sailing through a complicated immigration process, everything while trying to gather their cultures and languages.

Making a show so closely linked to his life was “very demanding” due to the “great amount of emotion”.

“I am extremely proud of that. I put my soul on it and it still hurts me to do it,” says Mo

There was another challenge to navigate, when this second season would be established.

The final episode, which represents Mo’s visit to his family home in the West Bank, is established on October 6, 2023.

That is a day before the Hamas armed Palestinian group launched an unprecedented cross -border attack against Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.

This triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the Ministry of Health led by Hamas.

Avoid October 7 in history was “very intentional,” says Mo

The program is ultimately “based on comedy,” he says, and the episodes establish a subsequent approach to the history of history and the characters.

“You really weren’t tracking them, their emotions,” says Mo.

Mo says he wanted to take into account the “broader context” and to focus on October 7 and its consequences “almost hints at what has just begun.”

“That could not be further from the truth,” he says, referring to The long history of the conflict.

There was also a practical consideration, he says, because the time between filming and launch was more than a year.

“That was like a terrifying territory to write about something, and then all these things happened.

“And then what I have written and composed in the series could be irrelevant.”

The show has had widely A positive receptionWith the emotional end for fans, and Mo.

Hastra the character of the character with his family to the West Bank occupied by Israel and his experience of life there.

From their perspective, it shows that the complicated daily Palestinians can face, such as being subjected to a closer scrutiny at the control points controlled by Israeli soldiers.

The character of Mo is also shown with the soda of tears.

Bank, land between Israel and the Jordan River, is home to about three million Palestinians and half a million Jewish settlers.

Together with East Jerusalem and Gaza, it is part of what is widely known as the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israel occupied the areas in the Middle East War of 1967 and built settlements, which are considered illegal according to international law. Israel disputes this.

The Palestinians claim the areas for an independent state and want all agreements to be eliminated.

“I received so many calls from people completely in ruins after seeing the last episode and how significant it was for them to look,” says Mo.

He adds that he was “not only Palestinians” contacting him.

Mo says that the final episode, originally 60 minutes, was “almost as we filmed a movie” before it was finally published 39 minutes.

He says he wanted to cover “the main blows”, which included how difficult it can be to enter and live as a Palestinian once there.

“Immediately, you are not on vacation,” he says. “You are nervous, actually.”

Mo feels that there has generally been a limited representation of the Palestinians on television and cinema, which means more pressure on their shoulders.

“There is a lot (pressure) of fans … more external voices than I should say and not say, both Palestinian and non -Palestinian,” he says.

“You really have to put the glasses and stay focused on telling the story I know and that I have experienced firsthand.”

Mo says that he cannot “get away” from being seen as a spokesman for the Palestinians, admitting to feel “like public property at this time.”

“I think everyone only needs to handle their expectations. But I’m not going to avoid it,” he says.

“Those who agree with me or do not agree with me … It is important to continue with the dialogue and have a conversation.”

The high -fire agreement in Gaza has provided some hope that there may be an end for fighting, but it has also felt fragile with the concern that the agreement can collapse.

Mo says that “always hopeful” things can improve.

“I never lose hope.

“If you do, then it becomes a very, very sad place when you are devoid of hope,” he says.

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