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Line 1: {{Infobox person~~/Wikidata \| fetchwikidata=ALL}}~~ \|name = Amer Zahr \|image = AmerZahrDearborn.jpg \|birth_date = {{birth year and age\|1977}} \|birth_place = [[Jordan]] \|death_date = \|death_place = \|education = [[University of Michigan]] ([[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]], [[Master of Arts\|MA]], [[Juris Doctor\|JD]]) \|website = {{url\|amerzahr.com\|Official website}} }} '''Amer Zahr''' (born 1977) is a [[Palestinian Americans\|Palestinian-American]] author, comedian and political activist. Line 10 ⟶ 19: In 2016, Zahr served as a national surrogate for presidential candidate [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://observer.com/2016/06/in-new-jersey-arab-americans-rally-for-bernie-sanders/\|title=In New Jersey, Arab Americans Rally for Bernie Sanders\|date=2016-06-03\|work=Observer\|access-date=2018-06-09\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/dearborn-arab-americans-161105035322068.html\|title=Dearborn: Arab Americans gear up to vote, defying Trump\|last=Nagl\|first=Kurt\|website=www.aljazeera.com\|access-date=2018-06-09}}</ref> [[Jill Stein]], ~~[[Jill~~the ~~Stein~~presumptive ~~2012~~Green ~~presidential campaign\|2012]] and [[Jill Stein 2016 presidential campaign\|2016 presidential~~Party nominee for ~~the~~President, ~~Green~~was ~~Party]] is~~reportedly considering Zahr to be her running mate in the [[2024 United States presidential election]]., despite his being Constitutionally ineligible for the office.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Harb \|first1=Ali \|title=US candidate Jill Stein considering vocal Palestine advocates for VP spot \|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/3/us-candidate-jill-stein-considering-vocal-palestine-advocates-for-vp-spot \|website=Al Jazeera \|access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref> ==Personal life== Zahr lives, and is based in, [[Dearborn, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theintercept.com/2016/03/09/bernie-sanders-won-americas-largest-arab-community-by-being-open-to-them/\|title=Bernie Sanders Won America's Largest Arab Community by Being Open to Them\|first=Zaid JilaniZaid\|last=Jilani2016-03-09T21:32:41+00:00\|date=9 March 2016 \|publisher=}}</ref> He is an adjunct professor at the [[University of Detroit Mercy School of Law]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.udmercy.edu/about/people/university/law/adjunct/amer-zahr.php\|title=AMER ZAHR at University of Detroit Mercy\|website=www.udmercy.edu\|language=en\|access-date=2018-06-09\|archive-date=2020-04-04\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404062649/https://www.udmercy.edu/about/people/university/law/adjunct/amer-zahr.php\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Zahr also holds [[Palestinian citizens of Israel\|Israeli citizenship]] through his mother, who was born in [[Acre, Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-07-07 \|title=Israel-Bashing 'Palestinian' Comedian Outs Himself as Israeli Citizen {{!}} United with Israel \|url=https://unitedwithisrael.org/israel-bashing-palestinian-comedian-outs-himself-as-israeli-citizen/ \|access-date=2023-05-09 \|website=UWI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=@emilykschrader \|url=https://twitter.com/emilykschrader/status/1412012725564325893/photo/2 \|access-date=2023-05-09 \|website=Twitter \|language=en}}</ref>