Mo Amer in Abu Dhabi review: Smart quips on Arab world, Texas turning blue and a potential season 3 of Mo

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Comedian Mo Amer took the Etihad Arena stage in Abu Dhabi on Friday evening, bringing his usual wit and narrative routines on living a cross-cultural life to this year's Abu Dhabi…

Comedian Mo Amer took the Etihad Arena stage in Abu Dhabi on Friday evening, bringing his usual wit and narrative routines on living a cross-cultural life to this year's Abu Dhabi Comedy Season.

His opening line — "it's good to be here ... where people speak Arabic" — brought cheers from the audience.

Amer is not new to the Gulf, having been born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents and raised in the US. But the UAE has become a frequent destination for the Palestinian-American comedian, whose shows often bring long queues of people clad in embroidered Palestinian thobes and keffiyehs.

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