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Werken van Maz Jobrani

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This was mostly memoirs highlighting important milestones in his life and he generally had a very amusing way of telling the tales. Of course the biggest problem he had was with his parents which I think is fairly common with children of immigrants. Most parents embarrass their children. Children of immigrants have the added issue that their parents are different and do and say ‘weird’ things.

Jobrani’s family happened to be pretty rich and his dad drove a Rolls Royce which helped him stick out in a crowd. Being picked up from school in a Rolls tended to garner attention, which is not what you want when you want to ‘blend in’.

He also had to fight against the family pressures to become a doctor, lawyer or some other ‘respectable’ profession. So he didn’t have much support when he tried acting and standup. But then how many really funny comics come out and say, “ya my family thought I was funny and pushed me into stand up comedy…”

Overall, I enjoyed the book and I think he did a good job of bringing up a topic that he has been working on for years, and is particularly timely right now with the current US election going on. And that is just being a Muslim doesn’t make someone a bad person wanting to blow up Americans. As a matter of fact there are plenty of American Muslims out there that adore our country as much as the rest of us. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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readafew | May 10, 2016 |

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Werken
2
Leden
35
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#405,584
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½ 3.4
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1
ISBNs
6