Top 100 Arabs 2024 98. Mo Amer Comedian, Writer and Producer Origin: Palestine Residence: US Sector: Culture and Society 2023 Rank: New Mohammed “Mo” Mustafa Amer is a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian and award-winning writer. He stars in the Netflix series Mo, a semi-autobiographical series. He won the 2022 Gotham Award, AFI Award, a 2023 Peabody Award and a 2023 Television Academy Honour. He was also nominated for a 2023 Film Independent Award for “Lead Actor in a Special Series”. Amer has performed in over 27 countries on fi ve continents, including Germany, Italy, Sicily, Japan, Korea, and Bahrain. Recently Mo has had two Netflix comedy specials: Mo Amer: The Vagabond and Mo Amer: Mohammed in Texas. In 2018, Amer joined the cast of the Hulu show Ramy, starring Ramy Youssef, where he plays Ramy’s cousin, Mo. Nora Al Matrooshi Reema Juffali Top 100 Arabs 2024