1. Dean Obeidallah is the host of SiriusXM Progress' The Dean Obeidallah Show and a frequent contributor to CNN, The Daily Beast, and MSNBC.
11 Facts About Dean Obeidallah
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Dean Obeidallah was born in Lodi, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Paramus.
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Dean Obeidallah's father was a Palestinian immigrant who came to the United States in the 1950s.
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Dean Obeidallah received a JD from Fordham Law School and practiced law from 1993 to 1998 with the firm of Beattie Padovano.
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Dean Obeidallah then left the practice of law and was accepted into the NBC Page program in 1998.
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Dean Obeidallah was a rights and clearance researcher for Saturday Night Live while performing stand-up comedy in New York City.
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In 2005, Dean Obeidallah received the first "Spirit of Bill Hicks" award, named in honor of comedian Bill Hicks for "thought provoking comedy" from the NY Underground Comedy Festival and the Hicks family.
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Dean Obeidallah co-produced with the Emmy Award winning comedy writer and best-selling author Max Brooks a new show entitled The Watch List for Comedy Central's Internet channel.
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Dean Obeidallah has appeared on Comedy Central on the critically acclaimed "Axis of Evil" Comedy special.
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Dean Obeidallah cocreated The Muslim Funny Fest in 2015, the United States' only Muslim stand-up comedy Festival.
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Dean Obeidallah appeared on the December 28,2013 episode of MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry show.