{"id":6080,"date":"2016-07-23T03:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T03:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2023-05-20T06:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T06:11:48","slug":"please-dont-shoot-me-i-can-tell-you-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/please-dont-shoot-me-i-can-tell-you-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Humor in the Arab-Israeli Experience in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Al Sayed grew up feeling lost and out of place in Israel \u2013 stuck between lands and languages, trapped. He learned that to be heard, humor was essential.<\/p>\n<p>Sayed\u2019s an Arab-Israeli writer that lives and teaches in Chicago. He wrote Israel\u2019s first prime time T.V. show to feature an Arab family. His biggest success though is his beautiful, evolving approach to the intense and complicated Arab-Israeli relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trying to have breakfast like adults, it&#8217;s not working \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eYrjaHFB44\">pic.twitter.com\/eYrjaHFB44<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Al Sayed (@AlSayedcomedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlSayedcomedy\/status\/854559416280121344\">April 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still believe that the only way to figure out the solution is to tell the Israelis a different story. I always use the sentence of, \u2018Please don\u2019t shoot me, I can tell you a joke.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not only that. It\u2019s more: &#8220;I will tell you a joke, and maybe it will make you laugh, and then I tell you another joke and maybe we can laugh together and you will listen to me, then maybe I can tell you a little bit of a sad story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re with ya, Sayed. A little more laughter and a lot more understanding would be good for all of us. Keep putting out good vibes and we\u2019ll keep spreading them around.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ready for more comedy? <a href=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/sara-benincasa-says-follow-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Maysoon Zayid.&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Al Sayed grew up feeling lost and out of place in Israel \u2013 stuck between lands and languages, trapped. He learned that to be heard, humor was essential. Sayed\u2019s an Arab-Israeli writer that lives and teaches in Chicago. He wrote Israel\u2019s first prime time T.V. show to feature an Arab family. 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