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Saudi standup comedian Omar Hussein explains his approach to comedy during Google's Big Tent event April 26, 2013 at the W Hotel in Washington, DC. Lending some comic relief to the seminar, Saudi standup comedian Omar Hussein, whose mock Arabic news program on YouTube -- styled on Jon Stewart's 'The Daily Show' in the United States -- attracts a million views per episode.'The only difference is that we cannot talk about politics. Or religion. Or sex,' said Hussein, 26, the American-born son of Saudi expats whose resume includes a stint as an engineer in a baby diaper factory.
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