Saman Arbabi is an award winning war corespondent/journalist, cartoonist, writer, host, director, editor, creator and Executive Producer of Voice of America's most popular political satire television shows Parazit and OnTen. He was born in Tehran, Iran in 1973, moved to France in 1984, and then the United States in 1986. He has a Bachelor of Science in Communications with a Minor in Art from the University of Maryland University College.
On January 20, 2011, Saman Arbabi made an appearance on The Daily Show as a guest. At the end of the segment, Jon Stewart proclaimed, "I just want to tell you, you are like our show, but with real guts and I’m proud to be considered in the same fraternity of humor that you guys are in.

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