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I have appeared on various national and international televisions shows, including Comedy Central's "Axis of Evil Comedy" special and "The Watch List," ABC's "The View," PBS documentary "Stand Up: Muslim Comics Come of Age," CNN's "American Morning" and "Wolf Blitzer's Reports," Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd," Showtime Arabia, NY1, PBS' "Newshour with Jim Lehrer," ABC's "20/20," CNBC's "The Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch," Japan's NHK, CNN International's "Inside the Middle East" and "Your World Today," as well as in numerous sketches on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." I can also be seen in the DVD bonus material for Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 911" in the section entitled, "Arab-American comedians. Please visit my Video and Audio Clips Page to check out clips from my TV and radio appearances.

I have also been featured in numerous newspapers and publications including Time magazine, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair (Italy edition), Associated Press, USA Today, AFP, The UK's Guardian, NY Daily News, The NJ Star Ledger and numerous college publications. Please visit my In The News Page to read newspaper articles in which I have been featured.

I co-produced a new show for Comedy Central's Internet channel entitled "The Watch List" with Emmy award winning writer Max Brooks. This is the first show ever produced by a major entertainment company to feature all Middle-Eastern American performers. For more info, please click HERE.


My one man show entitled, "I Come in Peace," which is a comedic and truthful look at my life as an Arab-American in the post 9/11 world, was an official selection of the 2006 NY International Fringe Festival.


I have written jokes which have been featured on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update and CBS Late, Late Show. My jokes have also been quoted in numerous publications including The New York Times, NY Daily News, and the UK's The Guardian. I have also appeared on various radio shows including Air America, NPR, BBC, and Democracy Now with Amy Goodman.


I am proud to be the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival which is an annual six night comedy Festival in New York City which showcases comedic theater, stand up comedy and film. Over 1700 people attended our last Festival which featured over 50 Arab-American performers.

I have appeared at colleges and comedy clubs across the United States. I have also performed comedy in the Middle East in Ramallah, Amman, Cairo, Haifa, Dubai and Beirut. When I'm not traveling, I perform regularly in the top comedy clubs in New York City.

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"Making Jordan Laugh"
This is an article from "The Jordan Times" about the sold out shows I performed in Amman, Jordan with Maysoon Zayid and Aron Kader.
"Mining the Middle East for Laughs"
Check out this Newsweek article by Lorraine Ali about the Comedy Central.com show I co-created with Max Brooks called "The Watch List." This is the first show ever released by a major American entertainment company to star all Middle Eastern-American performers.
"Hitting the Funny Bones of Contention"
Check out this Washington Post article by Paul Farhi about the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour and how it "Detonates Some Explosive Stereotypes."
"Muslim-American Comics Get Their Humor On"
This is Beliefnet.com's review of the PBS TV special I was featured in about the rise of Middle Eastern-American comedians.
"Comedians as Activists, Challenging Prejudice"
This is a NY Times article by Felicia Lee about the "Axis of Evil" TV special I appeared in on Comedy Central along with Ahmed Ahmed, Aron Kader and Maz Jobrani. The "Axis of Evil" DVD is available for sale on Amazon.com.
Associated Press article about Comedy Central's "The Watch List"
Check out this Associated Press article about the new groundbreaking Comedy Central.com show "The Watch List" starring all Middle Eastern-American comics.
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I hope you will check out the new video I made with a group of my friends for Queen Rania of Jordan's Youtube project seeking to breakdown negative stereotypes by clicking HERE.



I'm co-producing with my friend Max Brooks a show on Comedy Central.com called "THE WATCH LIST" which stars all Middle Eastern-American comedians. To view the episodes, please click HERE.



Check out my recent appearance on ABC's "The View" by clicking HERE.