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Aasif Mandvi to Write Book of Essays

Aasif Mandvi
(© Tristan Fuge)
Aasif Mandvi
(© Tristan Fuge)

Obie Award winner and television personality Aasif Mandvi will write a book of semi-autobiographical essays, according to Deadline.com.


The book’s topics will include a young Indian boy’s dream of becoming The Fonz, and what it’s like for a Muslim child to move from Mumbai with his family to the United States in search of the American dream.


Mandvi won an Obie for his one-man show, Sakina’s Restaurant, and his other stage credits include Oklahoma! on Broadway, as well as Death Defying Acts, Trudy Blue, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, and Einstein’s Gift. He is best known for being the Middle East correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.