The Lebanese comedian says going viral and selling tickets are not enough, as Arab stand-up enters a new era of global ...

Filmed at Olympia Hall in Paris, Tryin’ arrives as Arab comedians push for greater recognition on global stages ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young Saudi comedian Hisham Fageeh in 2013 posted a satirical video on YouTube titled “No Woman, No Drive,” set to Bob Marley’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scene from ‘Bella.’ (photo credit: Vered Adir/Courtesy United King Films) A bold new Jewish-Arab comedy, “Bella,” uses humor to ...

Most ethnic groups get their own month to celebrate their culture. What do Arab-Americans get? “Orange alert,” jokes comedian Dean Obeidallah. An American born in New Jersey to a Palestinian father ...

On its 20th anniversary, organizers look back on a tradition that has frequently coincided with painful news events. By Christopher Kuo In 2003, with the Iraq War underway and a wave of anti-Arab ...

Comedian Maysoon Zayid performs onstage at the Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival. (Photo courtesy of Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival) In the 2006 film Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, Albert Brooks ...

The New York Arab American Comedy Festival is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with a year-long tour to 5 of the most prestigious performance venues in the US. For two decades, the festival has upheld ...

Leading Middle East streamer MBC Shahid has picked up Lebanese comedian John Achkar's stand-up comedy special "Tryin'" ("Aam Jarrib") filmed at Paris' legendary L'Olympia concert hall in what is being ...

The New York Arab American Comedy Festival is back-virtually, that is--to give people some laughs during these challenging times. What began as a began this festival in 2003 only two years after 9/11, ...