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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. |
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"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. |
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"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." |
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"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. |
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"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. |
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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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NY Times - "An Arab Who Wields a Rapier Wit" Check out this NY Times profile by Clyde Haberman about my work as a comic and my one man show "I Come in Peace." |
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"Arab Comedians Bring Down House" This is an article about my show at Princeton University which appeared in "The Daily Princetonian." |
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'Get Your Arab On': Comedians chip away at ethnic fears This is a great article about the 4th annual NY Arab-American Comedy Festival in the national Christian Science Monitor. |
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"Jewish, Arab Comics Co-Exist Onstage" Check out this article from Columbia University's paper about the show I created with Jewish-American comedian Scott Blakeman called Stand up for Peace. Our show hopes to encourage a dialogue in support of peace in the Middle East and foster understanding between Arab and Jewish-Americans. |
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ARABIAN NIGHTS Time Out NY's article previewing the 4th annual NY Arab-American Comedy Festival which I co-founded with Maysoon Zayid. |
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"Coexistence comedy" This article about Comedy Central's "The Watch List" that I'm co-producing with Max Brooks appeared in one of Israel's biggest newspapers. |
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Vanity Fair magazine (Italian version) article about me and my one man show "I Come in Peace" This is a profile of me that appeared in the Italian version of Vanity Fair. It's in Italian which made my mother very happy! (It's a PDF which you download will download when you click above). |
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PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Check out my appearance on PBS' the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." I was part of a panel discussion on how the world has changed after 9/11. |
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NY1 cable news story about one man show "I Come in Peace" This NY1 cable news story profiles the run of my one man show "I Come in Peace" in a segment entitled: "New Off-Off Broadway Shows Use Humor To Break Down Stereotypes." You can read and watch the news story which aired on NY1. |
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"Fighting Fear with Punch lines" - NJ's Bergen Record and Herald News article about my one man show "I Come in Peace" This news story is about the Off-Broadway run of my one man show "I Come in Peace." (This is a PDF which will download when you click above) |
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L.A. Times - "Never Fear, Its Just Funny" Here is an LA Times' article I'm featured about the NY Arab-American Comedy Festival in Los Angeles. |
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L.A. Daily News - "Arab-American Comics Take Direct Aim At Funny Bones To Take on Stereotypes" Click the link above to read a review of the NY Arab-American Comedy Festival show in Los Angeles that appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Daily News. |
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CNN's "American Morning's AM Pop" segment Click on the link above for a transcript from my recent appearance on CNN's AM Pop segment. My segment is near the end of the transcript. Also you can view a clip of this interview on my Video & Audio page. |
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CNN International's "Your World Today" Read the transcript of my appearance on CNN International's "Your World Today." (I am a guest near the end of this transcript.) |
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Editorial from Topeka-Capitol Journal - "Arab-American Comedians - That's Funny" This is an editorial from Kansas' Topeka-Journal in which their paper's editors praise the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. |
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Associated Press - "Arab-American Comedians Find the Funny in a Time of Fear" This AP article about the New York Arab-American Festival which I was featured in was reprinted in newspapers across the US, including the LA Times, Chicago Tribune and NY's Newsday. |
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NY Daily News - "Arab-American Comics Find Cause to Laugh" Check out this article I'm featured in from New York's Daily News. |
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North Jersey news This is an in-depth article from one of NJ's top papers about me and fellow comic Maysoon Zayid. |
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