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Showing videos filed under: dean obeidallah
John Fugelsang & Dean Obeidallah: This Ain't No Tea Party
April 8, 2011We're heading for a government shutdown, Glenn Beck's leaving FOX, John Boehner is still crying, and Donald Trump is running for president? No, this isn't a joke or a game where you guess which one of these things is true--they all are. And who better to make sense--or fun--of all of this than GRITtv contributor John Fugelsang?Rep. Keith Ellison, John Fugelsang & Dean Obeidallah, and Media Reform
April 7, 2011Republicans in Congress, says House Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison, are treating the budget and potential government shutdowns as an "opportunity to inflict generationally-changing policies" in the guise of paying the bills. We're facing a government shutdown not, Ellison notes, because Democrats won't compromise, but because Republicans like Paul Ryan are interested in forcing a fight over ideological issues.The Lighter Side of Being Arab in America
May 12, 2009The New York Arab-American comedy festival opens this week and celebrates its sixth year. There is no getting around the fact that being Arab in America has changed dramatically in the last eight years. For Arab-American comedians the challenge has been to give voice to the variety of Arab and Muslim experiences and, at the same time, to examine America's very fraught relationship with its own Arab citizens.A Comic's Mission
February 5, 2009Comedy Central's Dean Obeidallah has changed his act since September 11, 2001. A comedian and co-founder of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival Obeidallah says that much of his recent work came out of a desire to combat the distortions and bigotry of the US media.America's Failure in Iraq, A Comedian's Tale, and Why Daschle Was Bad From the Beginning
February 4, 2009Patrick Cockburn and others on Iraq's changing political landscape. An interview with Comedy Central's Dean Obeidallah. And Jacquie Soohen of Big Noise Films reports from Iraq.
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