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Fundamentally Flawed

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Published on June 17, 2008 at 11:16am

James Faerron

Ashraf (Kamal Marayati) debates whether playing "Mohammed, the bug-eyed, psycho sadist terrorist" will be his big break.

Where:

The Thick House, 1695 18th St. (at Arkansas), S.F.

Details:

Through June 29. Tickets are $15-$25; call 626-4061 or visit www.goldenthread.org.

Subject(s):

Chloe Veltman on Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes

Ahmed Ahmed, for his part, truly knows how to use comedy to explode clichés. The silver-tongued performer once jokingly explained how he's able to identify the air marshal when he gets on a plane: "It's the guy who's reading People magazine upside down and is looking right at me." El Guindi could learn a thing or two about satire from this man.

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