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'Comedy is a powerful weapon against IS'
The stand-up comedian Nemr Abou Nassar believes humour can change the world and is a powerful weapon against terrorism.
He tells Hardtalk's Zeinab Badawi: "By making jokes, you are showing the enemy they didn't get to you."
Brought up in the USA and Lebanon, he quit his job as an insurance broker to become a stand-up comic.
He explains he makes fun of the Islamic State (IS) group by making them the joke and the jokes about IS helped keep them out of Lebanon.
