Muslims Get Their Funny On With New Comedy Fest
Photo Credit: New York Daily News Running July 21-23rd in New York City, the “Muslim Funny Fest” is said to be the first comedy festival featuring Muslim-only talent. The festival’s … [Read more...]
Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Photo Credit: New York Daily News Running July 21-23rd in New York City, the “Muslim Funny Fest” is said to be the first comedy festival featuring Muslim-only talent. The festival’s … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: mazjobrani Iranian American comic Maz Jobrani comedy special, Immigrant, premieres today on Netflix. Filmed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the hour-long special covers … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Voice of America Though the Metropolitan Transit Authority signed a contract for subway promotion of the comedy-documentary “The Muslims Are Coming” (now streaming on Netflix), the MTA … [Read more...]
The first MOST event in partnership with the Writer’s Guild of America, East featured a panel with “Daily Show” writers Kevin Bleyer and Zhubin Parang, Glenn Eichler of … [Read more...]
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Photo Credit: William Booth/The Washington Post What’s fun and funny about living in Gaza? Well, a comedy troupe named Tashwesh Productions for one. They’re trying to make the best of … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: New York Times Last Sunday, Muslim comics performed a sold-out show in a comedy club in Manhattan, with the tagline: “The Last show before Trump Deports us!” Dean Obeidallah … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Reuters In this opinion piece for the Daily Beast, comedian and author Dean Obeidallah talks about the one weapon in Iraq that ISIS will never acquire, and that’s comedy. Dean makes … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Wamda Saudi Arabia is home to one of the youngest demographics in the world, and what do the young folk like? Comedy. Professional comedy is making an impact in a major way as it goes … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: PRI Soon after the horrific Paris attacks, a Muslim and Jewish comedy duo took the stage at a local comedy club in Paris and proved that there is still much to laugh about, and the … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: The Guardian Vice News talks to Muslim-Australian comedian Aamer Rahman who broke out with his viral comedy bit about “reverse racism” on YouTube. The guy is edgy, hilarious and … [Read more...]