The Palestinian Star “Proud and Injected” after the impact of Netflix

Thinking back to Netflix's hit based on his own life, there are two things that come to mind for the Palestinian comedian Mo Amer.

Pride and hurt.

“It's very difficult to talk without breaking up at some point,” he told BBC Newsbeat.

He is the star of the semi -autobiographical show, entitled Mo, plays the role of Mo Najjar.

The hero is a Palestinian refugee who learns to adapt to his new world, as he seeks to win the US citizenship by navigating in a complex immigration process – everyone as he tries to gather his cultures and languages.

Doing a show so closely tied to his life was “a lot of taxation” because of the “great amount of emotion”.

“I am extremely proud of this. I put my soul into it and still hurt to do it,” Mo says.

There was another challenge to navigate – when it was set this second season.

The last episode that depicts the MO visit to his family home on the west coast was set on October 6, 2023.

This is the day before the Hamas Armed Palestinian Group begins an unprecedented cross -border attack against Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.

This caused a large -scale Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which killed over 48,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.

Avoiding October 7 in the story was “very intentional,” Mo says.

The show is eventually “comedy -based”, he says, and the episodes put after the attack, which focus away from the story and the characters.

“You didn't really follow them, the emotions of them,” Mo. says.

The MO says he wanted to bear in mind the “greater context” and focus on October 7 and the consequences of it “almost planted this -just began.”

“This cannot be further than the truth,” he says, referring to the long history of conflictS

According to him, there is also practical attention, due to the length of time between the photos and the release is more than a year.

“It was something like a terrible territory to write about something, and then all these things would happen.

“And then whatever you have written and compiled in the series, it can be irrelevant.”

The show was wide receptionThe finale is emotional for fans – and Mo.

He follows the hero's journey with his family to the West Bank occupied by Israel and their experience in life there.

From his point of view, this shows that complex daily Palestinians can collide, such as being subjected to more careful controls at checkpoints controlled by Israeli soldiers.

The character of the MoD is also shown to be tearful.

The West Coast – a land between Israel and the Jordan River – is home to approximately three million Palestinians and half a million Jewish settlers.

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

Israel has occupied the regions of the Middle East of 1967 and has built settlements that are considered illegal under international law. Israel disputes this.

The Palestinians claim that the areas for a future independent state and want all settlements to be removed.

“I received so many calls from people, just completely shame, after watching the last episode and how meaningful it was for them to watch,” Mo says.

He adds that it is not only the Palestinians to contact him.

The Mo says the last episode – initially 60 minutes long – was “almost made a movie” before it was ultimately edited up to 39 minutes.

He says he wanted to cover the “basic strokes”, which included how difficult he could enter and live like a Palestinian once there.

“You're not on vacation right away,” he says. “You're actually on the edge.”

The MO believes that there is usually a limited presentation of Palestinians in television and the film, which means more exertion on his shoulders.

“There is a lot of (pressure) from the fans … More external voices of what I have to say and not say – both Palestinian and Non -Palestinian,” he says.

“You really need to put the blinds and remain focused on telling the story I know and that I have experienced firsthand.”

The MO says he cannot “distance himself” from being regarded as a spokesman for the Palestinians, admitting that he feels “like public property at that moment.”

“I think everyone just has to manage their expectations. But I won't deviate from it,” he says.

“Those who agree with me or disagree with me … It's important to continue the dialogue and have a conversation.”

The Gaza Fire Termination Agreement gave some hope that it could have an end to the struggle, but it also felt fragile by the concern that the deal could collapse.

Mo says he is “always hope” things can improve.

“I never lose hope.

“If you do, then it really happens, a really sad place when you are deprived of hope,” he says.

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