Combining comedy with social commentary, award-winning Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah spoke Friday about his mission to counter stereotypes with humor Friday. “In America, we have a great ...

For Palestinian American comedian Maysoon Zayid, making slightly inappropriate jokes has always been the way she copes. “The doctor who delivered me was drunk,” she said in an interview, joking about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment has added a new string to its bow to come on board as a producer on Lebanese comedian ...

More and more Middle Eastern women thrive as comedians. Could their success on stage, in the film industry, at comedy festivals and on social media foster empowerment for the next generation of girls?

You’ve seen her around town producing “Funny Arabs” and “Traumedy: A Dark Comedy Show” at the D.C. Improv, D.C. Comedy Loft, Miracle Theatre and Kennedy Center. This Thursday, Rola Z hosts “Funny ...

(RNS) — Atheer Yacoub spent her childhood between the occupied territories of the West Bank and the heart of Alabama, a mix that never failed to get a laugh from friends in New York, where she moved ...

The show, sponsored by the Arab Society of Princeton, brought Arab-American comedians Dean Obeidallah, Maria Shehata and Nasry Malak to the classroom’s stage. The comedians used their humor to ...

Arab-Muslim stand-up comedy is flourishing more than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. While comics like Obeidallah, Ahmed Ahmed and Amer Zahr differ on approach – and there are ...

2002-06-08 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Tell me if you've heard this one before. Two guys, a rabbi and an Arab, are on the phone. Both are professional comedians, who get laughs by poking fun at their ...

Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment has added a new string to its bow to come on board as a producer on Lebanese comedian John Achkar's one-night performance of his show Tryin' at famed the ...

Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment has added a new string to its bow to come on board as a producer on Lebanese comedian John Achkar’s one-night performance of his show Tryin’ at famed the ...