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When cultural humor dies with its storytellers

My grandmother's stories about her childhood in Lebanon are hilarious but I'm the only one left who remembers them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Laughter becomes a bridge to the dead when no one else remembers the jokes.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Comedy traditions across cultures?”

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