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Digital art by Mike Campau
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jobrani, Maziyar, date.
I’m not a terrorist, but I’ve played one on tv : memoirs of a Middle Eastern funny man / Maz Jobrani.
pages cm
1. Jobrani, Maziyar. Comedians—United States—Biography. 3. Actors—United States—Biography. 4. Iranian Americans—Biography. 5. Stereotypes (Social psychology)—United States. I. Title.
PN2287.J573A3 2014
792.702'8092—dc23
[B]
2014015012
ISBN 978-1-4767-4998-3
ISBN 978-1-4767-5000-2 (ebook)