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Muslim comics in a mordant act of 'resistance'

Published Tue, Jan 17, 2017 · 09:50 PM

New York

"LOOK at how many brown people are here!" Dean Obeidallah said to cheers after taking the stage on Sunday at the Comic Strip Live, a comedy club on the upper East Side of Manhattan.

The Muslim stand-up performer, one of several on the bill that night, looked jubilant and deeply satisfied as he continued to eye the sold-out audience of 200. "This room, " he said, "is Donald Trump's worst nightmare."

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