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Aladdin Ullah, A South Asian Trailblazer In New York →

November 14, 2011

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - In the early 1990s, Bangladeshi-American comedian Aladdin Ullah found himself in a Los Angeles hotel room, anxiously preparing for the part of a mercurial Middle-Eastern prince in an upcoming blockbuster. “Death to America!” he hollered at a mirror. “Death to America! Death to America!” he continued, trying variations of the phrase before acknowledging that it didn't really matter...continue to the full article here.

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