ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maz Jobrani - Comedian
A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani is now touring with his second solo comedy show, Browner and Friendlier.

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Maz Jobrani is an actor and comedian who starred on the Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour, a groundbreaking tour of the US and Middle Eastern countries, where it sold out 27 shows in Dubai, Beirut, Cairo, Kuwait and Amman. The Axis of Evil Comedy Central Special premiered in 2007 as, arguably, the first show on American TV with an all-Middle Eastern/American cast. In 2009 Jobrani performed in his first solo world tour, called Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly, and is currently following up this tour with a second, titled Browner and Friendlier.

Jobrani's comedy pulls from his background as an Iran-born kid raised in Northern California. He pokes fun at cultural stereotypes of all kinds -- starting with the stereotype that Middle Eastern actors can only play a few kinds of roles in Hollywood. He's been working to develop rich characters in a variety of TV shows and films. His next project: Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero, described as a cross between a Middle Eastern Pink Panther and Bend It Like Beckham.

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Maz Jobrani: A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar ...

Maz Džobrani (Maz Jobrani): Saudijac, Indijac i Iranac ulaze u katarski bar...

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Iransko-američki komičar Maz Džobrani dolazi na pozornicu na TEDxSummit u Dohi, Katar, suočavajući se sa ozbiljnim pitanjima na Bliskom istoku - kao što je na primer koliko poljubaca razmeniti pri pozdravljanju i šta nikako ne treba govoriti u američkom avionu.
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A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani is now touring with his second solo comedy show, Browner and Friendlier. Full bio

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00:16
HelloZdravo, DohaDohi. HelloZdravo. SalaamSalam alaikumalejkum.
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Pozdrav, Doha.
Selam alejkum.
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I love comingдолазе to DohaDohi. It's suchтаква an internationalмеђународни placeместо.
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Volim da dolazim u Dohu.
Tako je internacionalna.
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This is like -- it feelsосећа like the UnitedUjedinjeni NationsNacija just here.
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Kao da je - deluje kao
Ujedinjene nacije upravo ovde.
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You landземљиште at the airportаеродром, and you're welcomedpozdravio by an IndianIndijanac ladyдама
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Sletiš na aerodrom
i dobrodošlicu ti poželi Indijka
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who takes you to AlAl MahaMaha ServicesUsluge, where you meetсусрет a Filipinofilipinski ladyдама
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koja te odvede do Al Maha usluga,
gde upoznaješ damu sa Filipina
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who handsруке you off to a SouthJug AfricanAfrički ladyдама
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koja te predaje dami iz Južne Afrike
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who then takes you to a Koreankoreanski who takes you to
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koja te odvodi do Koreanke,
koja te odvodi do
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a PakistaniPakistanski guy with the luggageprtljag
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Pakistanca koji je zadužen za prtljag,
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who takes you to the carауто with a SriSri LankanLanki.
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koji te odvodi do kola čiji je vozač sa Šri Lanke.
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You go to the hotelХотел and you checkпровери in. There's a LebaneseLibanska.
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Stigneš do hotela i prijaviš se.
Tamo se nalazi Libanac.
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Yeah? And then a Swedishšvedski guy showedпоказао me my roomсоба.
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Da? I zatim mi je Šveđanin pokazao sobu.
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I said, "Where are the QatarisIz Katara?" (LaughterSmeh)
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Pitao sam: "Gde su Katarani?"
(Smeh)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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They said, "No, no, it's too hotвруће. They come out laterкасније. They're smartпаметан."
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Rekli su: "Ne, ne, previše je toplo.
Oni izlaze kasnije. Pametni su. "
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(LaughterSmeh) "They know."
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(Smeh)
"Oni znaju."
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And of courseкурс it's growingрастуће so fastбрзо, sometimesпонекад there's growingрастуће painsболи.
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I naravno razvija se tako brzo,
ponekad to prouzrokuje probleme.
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You know, like sometimesпонекад you runтрцати into people that you think
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Znate, kao kad ponekad naletite
na ljude za koje mislite
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know the cityград well, but they don't know it that well.
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da poznaju grad dobro,
ali ustvari ga ne poznaju baš najbolje.
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My IndianIndijanac cabтакси driverвозач showedпоказао up at the W,
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Moj taksista Indijac
pojavio se kod hotela "W",
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and I askedпитао him to take me to the SheratonSheraton,
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i ja sam ga pitao da me odveze do Šeratona,
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and he said, "No problemпроблем, sirгосподине."
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i on je rekao:
"Nema problema, gospodine."
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And then we satсат there for two minutesминута.
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I zatim smo tako dva minuta sedeli.
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I said, "What's wrongпогрешно?"He said, "One problemпроблем, sirгосподине."
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Pitao sam: "Šta nije u redu?"
On je odgovorio: "Jedan problem, gospodine."
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I said, "What?" He goesиде, "Where is it?"
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Pitao sam: "Šta?"
Na šta će on: "Gde se to nalazi?"
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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I go, "You're the driverвозач, you should know."He goesиде, "No, I just arrivedстигао, sirгосподине."
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Kažem ja: "Vi ste vozač, vi bi to trebalo da znate."
Na to će on: "Ne, upravo sam stigao, gospodine."
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I go, "You just arrivedстигао at the W?""No, I just arrivedстигао in DohaDohi, sirгосподине.
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Pitao sam: "Upravo ste stigli u W?"
"Ne, upravo sam stigao u Dohu, gospodine.
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I was on my way home from the airportаеродром. I got a jobпосао.
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Bio sam na putu od aerodroma ka kući.
Dobio sam posao.
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I'm workingрад alreadyвећ."
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Već radim."
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He goesиде, "SirGospodine, why don't you driveпогон?"
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Pita me: "Gospodine, zašto Vi ne vozite?"
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I go, "I don't know where we're going."
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"Ne znam kuda idemo."
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"NeitherNi do I. It will be an adventureавантура, sirгосподине."
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"Ni ja. Ovo će biti avantura, gospodine."
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It is an adventureавантура. The MiddleSrednje EastIstok has been an adventureавантура the pastпрошлост coupleпар yearsгодине.
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Ovo jeste jedna avantura. Srednji istok
zadnjih nekoliko godina je bio prava avantura.
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The MiddleSrednje EastIstok is going crazyлуд with the ArabArapski SpringProleće
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Srednji istok postaje sve luđi
sa Arapskim prolećem
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and revolutionреволуција and all this. Are there any LebaneseLibanska here tonightвечерас?
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i revolucijom i sa svim ostalim.
Da li ima Libanaca ovde večeras?
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Any LebaneseLibanska by applauseаплауз? (ApplauseAplauz) LebaneseLibanska.
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Neki Libanci po aplauzu?
(Aplauz) Libanci.
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Yeah. The MiddleSrednje EastIstok is going crazyлуд.
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Da. Srednji istok postaje sve luđi.
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You know the MiddleSrednje EastIstok is going crazyлуд
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Znate Srednji istok postaje sve luđi
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when LebanonLiban is the mostнајвише peacefulмирно placeместо in the regionрегион.
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kad je Liban najmirnije mesto u regionu.
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(LaughterSmeh) (ApplauseAplauz)
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(Smeh) (Aplauz)
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Who would have thought? Oh my goshБоже.
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Ko bi to pomislio?
O, moj Bože.
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No. There's seriousозбиљан issuesпитања in the regionрегион.
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Ne. Postoje ozbiljni problemi u regiji.
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Some people don't want to talk about them. I'm here to talk about them tonightвечерас.
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Neki ne žele da pričaju o tim problemima.
Ja sam ovde večeras da pričam o njima.
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LadiesDame and gentlemenгосподо of the MiddleSrednje EastIstok,
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Dame i gospodo Srednjeg istoka,
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here'sево a seriousозбиљан issueпитање. When we see eachсваки other,
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evo ga jedan ozbiljan problem.
Kad se sretnemo,
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when we say helloЗдраво, how manyмноги kissespoljupci are we going to do?
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kad se pozdravljamo,
koliko poljubaca razmenjujemo?
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EverySvaki countryземљу is differentразличит and it's confusingзбуњујуће, okay?
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Svaka država je drugačija
i ovo je prilično zbunjujuće, u redu?
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In LebanonLiban, they do threeтри. In EgyptEgipat, they do two.
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U Libanu razmenjuju tri.
U Egiptu, dva.
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I was in LebanonLiban, I got used to threeтри.
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Bio sam u Libanu i navikao se na tri.
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I wentотишао to EgyptEgipat. I wentотишао to say helloЗдраво to this one EgyptianEgipatski guy,
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Otišao sam u Egipat.
Otišao sam da pozdravim jednog Egipćanina,
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I wentотишао, one, two. I wentотишао for threeтри. He wasn'tније into it.
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krenuo sam, jedan, dva.
Hteo sam i treći. Nije baš bio za to.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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I told him, I said, "No, no, no, I was just in LebanonLiban."
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Rekao sam mu:
"Ne, ne, ne, upravo sam bio u Libanu."
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He goesиде, "I don't careнега where you were. You just stayостани where you are, please. Just stayостани where you are."
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On reče: "Ne zanima me gde si bio.
Samo ostani tu gde jesi, molim te. Samo ostani tu."
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I wentотишао to SaudiSaudijski ArabiaArabija. In SaudiSaudijski ArabiaArabija, they go one, two,
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Otišao sam u Saudijsku Arabiju.
U Saudijskoj Arabiji, oni krenu, jedan, dva,
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and then they stayостани on the sameисти sideстрана -- threeтри, fourчетири, fiveпет, sixшест,
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i zatim ostanu na istoj strani - tri, četri, pet, šest,
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sevenседам, eightосам, nineдевет, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
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sedam, osam, devet, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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NextSledeći time you see a SaudiSaudijski, look closelyблиско. They're just a little bitмало tiltednaginjete.
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Sledeći put kad sretnete Saudijca, pogledajte ga pažljivo.
Oni su malčice nakrivljeni.
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"AbdulAbdul, are you okay?""Yeah, I was sayingговорећи helloЗдраво for halfпола an hourсат.
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"Abdul, jesi li dobro?"
"Jesam, pozdravljao sam se pola sata.
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I'm going to be all right."
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Biću u redu."
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QatarisIz Katara, you guys do the noseнос to noseнос.
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Katarani, vi se pozdravljate nosom o nos.
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Why is that? Are you too tiredуморан to go all the way around?
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Zašto to? Previše vam je mrsko
da pravite čitav "obilazak"?
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"HabibiHabibija, it's so hotвруће. Just come here for a secondдруго. Say helloЗдраво.
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"Habibi, mnogo je toplo. Dođi ovamo samo na sekund.
Reci zdravo.
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HelloZdravo, HabibiHabibija. Just don't moveпотез. Just stayостани there please.
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Zdravo, Habibi. Ne pomeraj se.
Samo ostani tamo molim te.
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I need to restодмор."
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Moram da se odmorim."
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EverySvaki countryземљуIraniansIranci, sometimesпонекад we do two, sometimesпонекад we do threeтри.
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Svaka država - Iranci, ponekad razmenjujemo dva,
a ponekad tri.
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A friendпријатељ of mineмој explainedобјаснио је to me, before the '79 revolutionреволуција,
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Jedan moj prijatelj mi je objasnio,
pre revolucije 1979.,
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it was two. After the revolutionреволуција, threeтри.
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razmenjivali su dva.
Posle revolucije, tri.
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So with IraniansIranci, you can tell whoseчије sideстрана the personособа is on
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Kod Iranaca, možeš zaključiti
na čijoj je strani ta osoba
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basedзаснован on the numberброј of kissespoljupci they give you.
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na osnovu broja poljubaca koje ti daje.
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Yeah, if you go one, two, threeтри -- "I can't believe you supportподршка this regimeрежим
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Da, kad razmenjuješ jedan, dva, tri -
"Ne mogu da verujem da podržavaš ovaj režim
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with your threeтри kissespoljupci."
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sa tvoja tri poljupca."
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But no, guys, really, it is excitingузбудљиво to be here,
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Ali ne, ljudi, stvarno,
uzbudljivo je biti ovde
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and like I said, you guys are doing a lot culturallyкултурно,
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i kako sam već rekao,
mnogo činite za kulturu,
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you know, and it's amazingНевероватно, and it helpsпомаже changeпромена the imageслика
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i to je zapanjujuće
i pomaže u menjanju slike
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of the MiddleSrednje EastIstok in the WestZapad. Like a lot of AmericansAmerikanci
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o Srednjem istoku na zapadu.
Mnogi Amerikanci
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don't know a lot about us, about the MiddleSrednje EastIstok.
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ne znaju mnogo o nama,
o Srednjem istoku.
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I'm IranianIranski and AmericanAmerikanac. I'm there. I know, I've traveledпутовао here.
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Ja sam Iranac i Amerikanac.
Tamo sam. Znam, doputovao sam ovde.
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There's so much, we laughсмех, right?
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Postoji toliko stvari, mi se smejemo, je l' tako?
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People don't know we laughсмех. When I did the AxisOsa of EvilZlo comedykomedija tourтурнеја,
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Ljudi ne znaju da se i mi smejemo.
Kad sam bio na komičarskoj turneji "Osa zla "
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it cameДошао out on ComedyKomedija CentralCentralni, I wentотишао onlineонлине
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emitovali su na tv kanalu Comedy Central,
otišao sam na internet
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to see what people were sayingговорећи about it. I endedзавршио up on a conservativeконзервативан websiteвеб сајт.
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da vidim šta su ljudi govorili o tome.
Na kraju sam se našao na jednom konzervativnom sajtu.
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One guy wroteнаписао anotherдруги guy. He said, "I never knewзнала these people laughedсмејао се."
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Jedan čovek je napisao drugom. Rekao je:
"Nisam znao da se ovi ljudi smeju."
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Think about it. You never see us laughingсмејати се in AmericanAmerikanac filmфилм or televisionтелевизија, right?
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Razmislite o tome. Nikad nas niste videli da se smejemo
u američkom filmu ili na televiziji, zar ne?
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Maybe like an evilзло -- like, "WuhahahaWuhahaha, wuhahahawuhahaha. (LaughterSmeh)
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Možda kao đavo - kao - "Buahahaha, buahahaha.
(Smeh)
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I will killубиј you in the nameиме of AllahAllah, wuhahahahahawuhahahahaha."
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Ubiću te u ime Alaha, buahahaha."
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But never like, "haHa haHa haHa haHa haHa haHa haHa haHa haHa."
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Ali nikad:
"ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."
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We like to laughсмех. We like to celebrateславити life.
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Mi volimo da se smejemo.
Mi volimo da slavimo život.
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And I wishжелети more AmericansAmerikanci would travelпутовање here. I always encourageохрабрити my friendsпријатељи:
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I želim da više Amerikanaca doputuje ovde.
Uvek ohrabrujem svoje prijatelje:
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TravelPutovanja, see the MiddleSrednje EastIstok, there's so much to see, so manyмноги good people.
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putujte, posetite Srednji istok,
ima toliko toga da se vidi, mnogo dobrih ljudi.
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And it's viceвице versaобратно, and it helpsпомаже stop problemsпроблеми
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I deluje u oba pravca
i doprinosi zaustavljanju problema
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of misunderstandingnesporazum and stereotypesстереотипи from happeningдогађај.
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kao što su nesporazumi i stereotipi.
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For exampleпример, I don't know if you heardслушао about this,
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Na primer, ne znam da li ste čuli nešto o ovome,
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a little while agoпре in the U.S. there was a MuslimMuslimanska familyпородица
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nedavno je u Americi jedna muslimanska porodica
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walkingХодање down the aisleprolaz of an airplaneавион
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prolazila između sedišta u avionu
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talkingпричају about the safestnajsigurnije placeместо to sitседите on the planeавион.
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pričajući o najsigurnijem mestu
za sedenje u avionu.
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Some passengersputnici overheardсломљено them, somehowнекако misconstruedpobrkati
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Neki putnici su ih čuli,
pogrešno su protumačili
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that as terroristterorista talk, got them kickedкицкед off the planeавион.
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to kao razgovor terorista
i izbacili su ih iz aviona.
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It was a familyпородица, a motherмајка, fatherотац, childдете, walkingХодање down the aisleprolaz,
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To je bila porodica, majka, otac,
dete, šetajući prolazom
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talkingпричају about the seatingraspored sedenja. Now as a MiddleSrednje EasternIstočne maleМушки,
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pričali su o tome gde da sednu.
Sad, kao muškarac sa Srednjeg istoka,
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I know there's certainизвестан things I'm not supposedпретпостављено to say
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znam da određene stvari ne smem govoriti
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on an airplaneавион in the U.S., right?
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u avionu u Sjedinjenim Državama, zar ne?
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I'm not supposedпретпостављено to be, like, walkingХодање down the aisleprolaz,
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Ne smem se ponašati,
kao, šetam niz prolaz,
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and be like, "HiZdravo, JackJack." You know, that's not coolхладан.
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i kažem: "Ćao, Džek." (hijack - otmica)
Znate, to nije kul.
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Even if I'm there with my friendпријатељ namedназван JackJack, I say,
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Čak ni onda kad sam sa svojim prijateljem
koji se zove Džek, moram reći,
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"GreetingsPozdrav, JackJack. SalutationsOslovljavanja, JackJack."
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"Pozdrav, Džek. Pozdravljam te Džek."
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Never "HiZdravo, JackJack."
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Nikad: "Ćao, Džek."
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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But now apparentlyочигледно we can't even talk about
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Ali sad izgleda da čak ne možemo ni da pričamo
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the safestnajsigurnije placeместо to sitседите on an airplaneавион.
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o najsigurnijem mestu u avionu.
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So my adviceсавет to all my MiddleSrednje EasternIstočne friendsпријатељи and MuslimMuslimanska friendsпријатељи
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Moj savet svim prijateljima
sa Srednjeg istoka i Muslimanima
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and anyoneбило ко who looksизглед MiddleSrednje EasternIstočne or MuslimMuslimanska,
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i svakome ko samo izgleda kao neko
sa Srednjek istoka ili kao Muliman,
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so to, you know, IndiansIndijanci, and LatinosLatinosi, everyoneсви,
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znate, Indijci i južnoamerikanci, svi,
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if you're brownбраон --
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ako su tamne puti,
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here'sево my adviceсавет to my brownбраон friendsпријатељи.
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evo ga savet mojim prijateljima tamne puti.
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The nextследећи time you're on an airplaneавион in the U.S.,
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Sledeći put, kad ste u avionu
u Sjedinjenim Državama,
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just speakговорити your motherмајка tongueјезик.
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govorite samo maternjim jezikom.
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That way no one knowsзна what you're sayingговорећи. Life goesиде on.
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Na taj način niko neće znati o čemu pričate.
Život ide dalje.
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GrantedOdobren, some motherмајка tonguesjezici mightМожда soundзвук
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Priznajem, neki maternji jezici mogu zvučati
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a little threateningpreti to the averageпросек AmericanAmerikanac, right?
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pomalo zastrašujuće prosečnom Amerikancu, zar ne?
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If you're walkingХодање down the aisleprolaz speakingговорећи Arabicarapski,
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Ako šetate prolazom pričajući na arapskom,
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you mightМожда freakнаказо them out, if you're walkingХодање, "[Arabicarapski],"
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možda ćete ih prestrašiti, ako šetate:
(Arapski)
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they mightМожда say, "What's he talkingпричају about?"
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oni se mogu pitati:
"O čemu on priča?"
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So the keyкључ, to my ArabArapski brothersбраћа and sistersсестре,
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Dakle ključno je, za moju Arapsku braću i sestre,
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you gottaМорам throwбацање in randomслучајно good wordsречи to put people at easeублажити, лакоца
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morate ubaciti i pokoju
nasumično dobru reč da ih opustite
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as you're walkingХодање down the aisleprolaz.
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dok šetate prolazom.
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Just as you're walkingХодање down: "[ImitatingImitira Arabicarapski] --
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Kako se šetate prolazom: "(Oponaša arapski) -
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strawberryjagoda!"
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jagoda!"
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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"[ImitatingImitira Arabicarapski] -- rainbow"duga"!"
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"(Oponaša Arapski) - duga!"
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"[ImitatingImitira Arabicarapski] -- TuttiTutti FruttiFrutti!"
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"(Oponaša Arapski) - Tutti Frutti!"
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"I think he's going to hijackхијацк the planeавион with some iceлед creamкрем."
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"Mislim da će oteti avion sa nekim sladoledom."
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Thank you very much. Have a good night.
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Hvala vam mnogo.
Želim vam prijatno veče.
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Thank you, TEDTED. (CheersU zdravlje) (ApplauseAplauz)
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Hvala, TED.
(Pozdravi) (Aplauz)
Translated by Andrea Jovanovic
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maz Jobrani - Comedian
A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani is now touring with his second solo comedy show, Browner and Friendlier.

Why you should listen

Maz Jobrani is an actor and comedian who starred on the Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour, a groundbreaking tour of the US and Middle Eastern countries, where it sold out 27 shows in Dubai, Beirut, Cairo, Kuwait and Amman. The Axis of Evil Comedy Central Special premiered in 2007 as, arguably, the first show on American TV with an all-Middle Eastern/American cast. In 2009 Jobrani performed in his first solo world tour, called Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly, and is currently following up this tour with a second, titled Browner and Friendlier.

Jobrani's comedy pulls from his background as an Iran-born kid raised in Northern California. He pokes fun at cultural stereotypes of all kinds -- starting with the stereotype that Middle Eastern actors can only play a few kinds of roles in Hollywood. He's been working to develop rich characters in a variety of TV shows and films. His next project: Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero, described as a cross between a Middle Eastern Pink Panther and Bend It Like Beckham.

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Maz Jobrani | Speaker | TED.com

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