Mo Amer, the Palestinian comedian and star of the semi-autobiographical Netflix show "Mo," talks about the pride and pain he felt while creating the show, which chronicles a Palestinian refugee's struggles to adapt to the U.S. and gain citizenship while trying to unite his diverse cultures and languages. Creating the show was emotionally draining for him.

"I invested my soul in it and I still feel hurt by this process," he said. with the BBC Newsbeat.

The second season had a particular challenge in terms of setting the events in time, as the final episode shows Mo visiting his home in the West Bank on October 6, 2023, the day before Hamas’ attack on Israel. Mo decided to avoid depicting October 7 and its aftermath in the story to preserve the show’s comedic essence and not to gloss over such a time-compressed event. He emphasizes that this conflict has a much longer history and cannot be reduced to a single event, reports KosovaPress.

The show has received a positive response from fans, who have been emotionally moved by the final episode that deals with the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank and the daily hardships, such as border checkpoints and experiencing violence from Israeli forces. Mo emphasizes that there has been great pressure to represent Palestinians and that he cannot avoid his role as a voice for them, despite sometimes feeling like "public property."