Whether it’s stand-up comedy specials or a dramedy series, when Muslim American Mo Amer sets out to create, he writes what he ...
EXCLUSIVE: Azhar Usman, a pioneer of Muslim stand-up comedy dubbed “America’s Funniest Muslim” by CNN, is set to release his first solo stand-up project, The Islamic States of America, on his YouTube ...
“Muslim Funny Fest,” billed as the first-ever American Muslim comedy festival to challenge misperceptions about Muslims and combat hate “Muslim Funny Fest,” billed as the first-ever American Muslim ...
Ramy Youssef’s “#1 Happy Family USA,” which follows a Muslim-American family in post-9/11 America (the premiere takes place on Sept. 10, 2001) should not be a representation of the community, the ...
Opening Shot: After a “REPRESENTATION WARNING” appears to tell viewers not to take these characters as representations of “MUSLIMS, ARABS, PEOPLE FROM NEW JERSEY,” and gives it a rating of “H” for ...
Obeidallah, who calls himself a “political comedian” and envisions entering politics, said he has seen the rise of Arab and Muslim comics since 9/11 through his work with the Arab American Comedy ...
Arab-Muslim stand-up comedy is flourishing more than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. While comics like Obeidallah, Ahmed Ahmed and Amer Zahr differ on approach, they’re all ...
EXCLUSIVE: Azhar Usman, a pioneer of Muslim stand-up comedy dubbed “America’s Funniest Muslim” by CNN, is set to release his first solo stand-up project, The Islamic States of America, on his YouTube ...
z “Muslim Funny Fest,” billed as the first-ever American Muslim comedy festival staged in New York to challenge misperceptions about Muslims and combat hate. It features 15 Muslim comedians — from ...