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Comedian Enissa Amani: How to write a self-help book for Middle Easterners

The Arts Hour

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"Us Middle Easterners, we would never read a self-help book. We are offended if someone says, 'Change your life now. We're, like, no, you change YOUR life now'." Comedian Enissa Amani explains why the self-help books she encounters in Germany would never work in the Middle East. This clip comes from The New Year International Comedy Show, a special programme of comedy talent from across the world, recorded in London's Radio Theatre in December 2019. Photo: Enissa Amani Credit: BBC

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