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  "name": "Younis Dhaher",
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  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-27",
  "description": "Younis Dhaher is an Iraqi-born, Chicago-based comedian, storyteller, and artist building one connected story across stand-up, music, and live rooms.",
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    "Performed at Netflix Is A Joke Festival.",
    "Featured for 21 Savage, Russell Peters, Maz Jobrani, and Ahmed AlBasheer.",
    "Accepted into Harvard's Design Thinking and Innovation program in 2023.",
    "Performs stand-up in Arabic across the Middle East.",
    "First Iraqi-American to perform stand-up comedy in Jordan's history at the Cultural Palace.",
    "Writes for TV and film."
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      "status": "released",
      "summary": "The prologue chapter before the Midwest and before the name became a public brand."
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    {
      "title": "'97 Baghdad",
      "status": "upcoming",
      "summary": "The origin chapter about family, memory, pressure, and leaving."
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      "status": "upcoming",
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