SOURCE: AL ARABIA BY PHOEBE LEILA BARGHOUTY New York based comedian Atheer Yacoub is a walking punchline. She is a Muslim-Arab, raised in the American South, fluent in both levantine Arabic and New York’s trademark sarcasm. After growing up having to explain and apologize for her identity, Yacoub decided to use her unique background as … Continued
SOURCE: LENCONNECT.COM ADRIAN — Siena Heights University will host comedian, writer and speaker Amer Zahr as part of the university’s annual Common Dialogue Day event Sept. 26 on the Adrian campus. Zahr’s talk will be at 9:30 a.m. in the fieldhouse, 1247 E. Siena Heights Drive, according to a news release. Of Arab-American descent, … Continued
Producer:Carol Hills PRI Here’s how Lebanese American Nemr Abou Nassar’s dad responded: “You want to become a clown?” No, explained Nemr, a stand-up comedian. His dad remained skeptical. “Oh, you’re going to stand up and be a clown!” The riff goes on. Nemr’s father buys a horn, the kind you put on a bicycle, and … Continued
BY: Julia Jahanpour/Contributing Writer Palestinian American comedian Mo Amer made his debut performance on network television Friday night on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. During his stand-up routine, Amer talked about sitting next to Eric Trump on a plane ride back in December. He spoke to the younger Trump about the supposed Muslim registry, … Continued
BY RALUCA ALBU Village Voice “I had sex this morning,” confessed Palestinian-American comedian Suzie Afridi at the start of her new monthly comedy show, “Amreeka.” “But I can’t tell you about it. It’s not allowed in my culture.” She went on to tell the audience that her husband is Pakistani and that the two of … Continued
By Chris Newbould The Nation Comedy Central, which launched its Middle East channel (available on OSN) last January, is about to launch is first regionally produced show. Comedy Central Presents will follow in the footsteps of its namesake on the US channel by making (or breaking) the careers of the finest stand up comics in … Continued
Mo Amer Al Jazeera America Adam May: What do you think that comedy will accomplish? Especially in a society where we have so much racism. We have Islamophobia. Your routine, does that tackle some of that? Mo Amer: Listen — you know, feel free to throw as many things at me right off the top, … Continued
Most ethnic groups get their own month to celebrate their culture. What do Arab-Americans get? “Orange alert,” jokes comedian Dean Obeidallah. An American born in New Jersey to a Palestinian father and Italian-American mother, Obeidallah turned to comedy to fight the suspicion and ignorance he encountered in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. In … Continued
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