Dave Davies

This is Fresh Air. I'm Dave Davies. Season two of the comedy series Mo is now available on Netflix. It's based on the life of Mo Amr, a comedian of Palestinian descent who grew up in Kuwait and Houston and is fluent in Arabic, Spanish, and English.

As the first season ended, Mo was trying to stop the theft of his family's olive trees from a Texas farm when he ended up trapped in the thieves' truck and transported to Mexico. As season two opens, he's stuck in Mexico City because he's undocumented. He sells falafel tacos from a vending cart and plays in a mariachi band to get by.

As the first season ended, Mo was trying to stop the theft of his family's olive trees from a Texas farm when he ended up trapped in the thieves' truck and transported to Mexico. As season two opens, he's stuck in Mexico City because he's undocumented. He sells falafel tacos from a vending cart and plays in a mariachi band to get by.

As the first season ended, Mo was trying to stop the theft of his family's olive trees from a Texas farm when he ended up trapped in the thieves' truck and transported to Mexico. As season two opens, he's stuck in Mexico City because he's undocumented. He sells falafel tacos from a vending cart and plays in a mariachi band to get by.

But he's desperate to get back to Houston, where his long-awaited asylum hearing is fast approaching. Here he's talking to a clerk at the American Embassy in Mexico where he's been seeking a travel document to get into the United States. You know me. This is like the 12th time I've seen you. I've seen your colleague like six times.

But he's desperate to get back to Houston, where his long-awaited asylum hearing is fast approaching. Here he's talking to a clerk at the American Embassy in Mexico where he's been seeking a travel document to get into the United States. You know me. This is like the 12th time I've seen you. I've seen your colleague like six times.

But he's desperate to get back to Houston, where his long-awaited asylum hearing is fast approaching. Here he's talking to a clerk at the American Embassy in Mexico where he's been seeking a travel document to get into the United States. You know me. This is like the 12th time I've seen you. I've seen your colleague like six times.

Moe, short for Mohamed, has made a name for himself in comedy, starring in stand-up specials, touring in the U.S. and other countries, and co-starring in the Hulu series Rami. In his Netflix series Moe, he's close to his mother and autistic brother, his Mexican-American girlfriend, and a kaleidoscope of ethnically diverse friends.

Moe, short for Mohamed, has made a name for himself in comedy, starring in stand-up specials, touring in the U.S. and other countries, and co-starring in the Hulu series Rami. In his Netflix series Moe, he's close to his mother and autistic brother, his Mexican-American girlfriend, and a kaleidoscope of ethnically diverse friends.

Moe, short for Mohamed, has made a name for himself in comedy, starring in stand-up specials, touring in the U.S. and other countries, and co-starring in the Hulu series Rami. In his Netflix series Moe, he's close to his mother and autistic brother, his Mexican-American girlfriend, and a kaleidoscope of ethnically diverse friends.

Season 2 eventually takes him to his ancestral home in the West Bank, where the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is integral to the story. A review in The Guardian says season two of Mo brings together food, identity, immigration, family, and Middle Eastern politics in a way that's as fresh and intriguing as the falafel tacos that become central to the plot.

Season 2 eventually takes him to his ancestral home in the West Bank, where the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is integral to the story. A review in The Guardian says season two of Mo brings together food, identity, immigration, family, and Middle Eastern politics in a way that's as fresh and intriguing as the falafel tacos that become central to the plot.

Season 2 eventually takes him to his ancestral home in the West Bank, where the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is integral to the story. A review in The Guardian says season two of Mo brings together food, identity, immigration, family, and Middle Eastern politics in a way that's as fresh and intriguing as the falafel tacos that become central to the plot.

Today we're going to listen to my 2022 interview with Mo Amr when the first season of Mo aired. Mo Amr, welcome to Fresh Air. Thank you for having me. I got to tell you, I struggled a little bit when I was writing your introduction because I feel like if I describe you as Palestinian, that doesn't quite capture the Mo Amr I see in your stuff. You kind of have more than one identity, don't you?

Today we're going to listen to my 2022 interview with Mo Amr when the first season of Mo aired. Mo Amr, welcome to Fresh Air. Thank you for having me. I got to tell you, I struggled a little bit when I was writing your introduction because I feel like if I describe you as Palestinian, that doesn't quite capture the Mo Amr I see in your stuff. You kind of have more than one identity, don't you?

Today we're going to listen to my 2022 interview with Mo Amr when the first season of Mo aired. Mo Amr, welcome to Fresh Air. Thank you for having me. I got to tell you, I struggled a little bit when I was writing your introduction because I feel like if I describe you as Palestinian, that doesn't quite capture the Mo Amr I see in your stuff. You kind of have more than one identity, don't you?

Right. And when people first met you, I mean, given your skin color, they probably assumed you were Mexican-American. And I can tell from the series that you speak obviously Arabic. You speak Spanish pretty fluently to me and at least a couple of three dialects of English too, right? Yeah.

Right. And when people first met you, I mean, given your skin color, they probably assumed you were Mexican-American. And I can tell from the series that you speak obviously Arabic. You speak Spanish pretty fluently to me and at least a couple of three dialects of English too, right? Yeah.

Right. And when people first met you, I mean, given your skin color, they probably assumed you were Mexican-American. And I can tell from the series that you speak obviously Arabic. You speak Spanish pretty fluently to me and at least a couple of three dialects of English too, right? Yeah.

I wanted to listen to a scene from the series Moe, which, as we said, premieres on Netflix tomorrow. And this will give us a little bit of sense of some of your linguistic ability to fit in.