Heard of Saman Arbabi? The creator of the satirical Iranian TV and radio show "Parazit" was the sole panelist at the SXSW talk, "Iranian Outlaws: Satire Vs. Censorship." From the start, Arbabi inspired great expectations. His intro included a clip of Jon Stewart loving on him: “I am proud to be considered in the fraternity of humorists that you guys are in," Stewart said, when Arbabi and his co-host, Kambiz Hosseini, visited "The Daily Show." (We posted the extended interview with Stewart below, full of much more loving-on).
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Before launching what's arguably Iran's best and least-loved show, Arbabi, who grew up in the Us, worked as a war correspondent for Voice of America. While working, he began to draw cartoons for the hell of it. Their subject was nearly...
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Before launching what's arguably Iran's best and least-loved show, Arbabi, who grew up in the Us, worked as a war correspondent for Voice of America. While working, he began to draw cartoons for the hell of it. Their subject was nearly...
- 3/13/2012
- by The Huffington Post
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