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‘Mo’ Out on Netflix

The new Netflix series starring comedian Mo Amer was released a few days ago and has been getting great reviews. You might know Mo from the popular Hulu series ‘Ramy‘ who is also a creator of this show.

A few months ago I discovered Mo was actually born in Kuwait and lived here till the age of 9. I only found out when he brought it up during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel (embedded below). The only reason Mo left Kuwait was because of the 1990 Iraq invasion.

If you have Netflix and are looking for a new funny show to watch, here is the Netflix page for Mo.

26 replies on “‘Mo’ Out on Netflix”

Let’s just address the elephant in the room and mention that the dude’s father was tortured by Kuwaitis for being a Palestinian.

not sure where you got that inaccurate information from. His dad was an engineer at KOC, and moved to the USA in 1992 after the war like countless others…

LOL no dude, I don’t care about that at all. But the show could have just said he was tortured by the iraqi invaders for example right? but then again it’s a comedy and it’s not important for the plot.

It’s not right to assume that every Palestinian in Kuwait was tortured. Most of them were expelled (unfortunately, for all parties involved).

Palestinians were never expelled. Their visas expired and were not renewed. They received full compensation from the Government of Kuwait via the United Nations.

That’s not expulsion.

Palestinians that happened to be out during summer or that left during the invasion were not allowed to return. Their visas did not ‘expire’ and compensation was not paid. Even some companies did not pay end of service for those who were not able to return.

I started watching the series and if you pause EP @ 23:23 you can read what his father said about being harassed by Kuwaitis in the paperwork the lawyer had for his asylum claim. It starts off with ‘The Kuwaitis took it out on Palestinians when the Americans freed us’ and goes on to his mother saying she was also harassed by Kuwaitis.

I like how you so conveniently forget the fact that after decades of unwavering support, the minute Saddam invaded, Palestinians officially sided and cooperated with Iraqis against Kuwait and Kuwaitis. Get outta here with your BS propaganda.

Get outta here with YOUR BS propaganda.

My family and every Palestinian and Kuwaiti Palestinian family I know always stood firmly with Kuwait.

We would never support someone like Saddam who invaded countries and slaughtered millions of innocent Kurds.

ACTUALLY, while most people left Kuwait during the war, my family stayed put here and even housed an injured Kuwaiti soldier who they found on the street once.

We could’ve all been killed if the Iraqis found a Kuwaiti soldier in our home but we didn’t care. We knew what we were doing was right.

Kuwait has always stood with Palestine more than any other Arab country I know and vice versa.

Have you seen the hundreds, if not thousands, of Kuwaitis who protested in the square for Palestine last year? It was a moving sight.

The Palestinians who sided with Saddam are morally bankrupt traitors. They don’t represent the majority at all. Stop generalizing people.

>Get outta here with YOUR BS propaganda.

Propaganda? Exactly what part of what I said was propaganda? I specifically said “Palestinians officially sided and cooperated with Iraqis against Kuwait and Kuwaitis.” Now answer me a simple question, who did Palestine officially side with? Kuwait or Iraq?

>Kuwait has always stood with Palestine more than any other Arab country I know and vice versa.
>Have you seen the hundreds, if not thousands, of Kuwaitis who protested in the square for Palestine last year? It was a moving sight.

And where the fuck in my reply did I deny ANY of that? My only concern is the official alignment of the Palestinian leadership. How about you stop building a strawman?

>Stop generalizing people.

Yeah I’ll stop when I actually do.

Ah, that’s what you meant. Please make that clear. If you had said “Palestinian leadership” instead of “Palestinians” then I wouldn’t have said anything.

But if you look at reliable polls like Pew polls for example, you’ll see that the majority of Palestinians don’t support Palestinian leadership.

So if we don’t support them that means they don’t represent us.

Anyway that’s water under the bridge now. Kuwait still stands firmly with Palestine الحمدلله
That’s what’s important.

Thank you, Kuwait.

Habeebi Mo. Representing Palestinians!

I love the fact that the first thing he does when he comes back to Kuwait is go to a baqala and buy KDD Chocolate Milk. That’s what we all did when we came back from college.

BY THE WAY MARK, Mo Amer is not the first Kuwait expat to have his own Netflix show. My friend Dhruv Sehgal created a hugely successful Netflix show called Little Things that ran for four seasons. I interviewed him for Bazaar magazine.

I’m honestly relieved to see so many people in Kuwait still rallying behind Palestine.

I’ve spoken to a few Arabs in the last few years here who express alarmingly Zionist views. They make me sick.

I call them self-loathing Arab Muslims.

Some of them comment on your posts.

“I’ve spoken to a few Arabs in the last few years here who express alarmingly Zionist views”
They are cucks

They infuriate me to no end.

They think they can talk openly to me because I’m open-minded, and even though I’m glad that people who have contrarian views to me feel comfortable talking to me, I also hope that they can see the error of their ways soon.

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