Palestinian-American comedian Mo Amer (“Mo,” “Ramy,” “Black Adam”) will host of the next season of the televised debate series Doha Debates.
The series is an entertaining, educational tool funded by the non-profit Qatar Foundation.
Filmed in front of a live studio audience in Qatar’s Education City, each episode of the Doha Debates show will feature a monologue by Amer followed by discussions of timely events and global issues with celebrities and expert guests.
To produce the new season, Doha Debates has joined forces with Film 45, with Emmy-winning “Oprah Winfrey Show” producer Katy Davis serving as the Doha Debates showrunner and executive producer.
“Mo,” which will be returning to Netflix for a second season, is considered a cultural milestone for centering its narrative around his experience as a Palestinian refugee in Texas. The show has a large audience in the Arab world besides being popular in the U.S., where “Mo” was recently named one of the American Film Institute’s top 10 television programs of 2022.
Amer’s parents were displaced from Palestine to Kuwait, where he was born, before the whole family fled to Texas during the Gulf War. In December, he held a masterclass at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Doha Debates production team is currently discussing distribution for the series on various platforms, according to a statement.
