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 ...
For Palestinian American comedian Maysoon Zayid, making slightly inappropriate jokes has always been the way she copes. “The doctor who delivered me was drunk,” she said in an interview, joking about ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The New York Arab American Comedy Festival (NYAACF) is celebrating its 20th ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The New York Arab American Comedy Festival is celebrating its 20th ...
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 ...
Egypt’s Ahmed Helmy and Hend Sabri - who are two of the Arab world’s most bankable stars - are set to be paired onscreen for ...
Dubai-based distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment is branching out into the comedy content space by producing a TV special covering prominent Lebanese comedian John Achkar’s upcoming ...
When Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid created the Arab American Comedy Festival in 2003, they weren’t expecting it to be around 20 years later. They had more pressing concerns, like presenting Arab ...
To paraphrase one of the many quips Billy Crystal throws down in “When Harry Met Sally”: “In a city of 8 million people, you’re bound to run into your ex.” This is the shrewd setup for Karina Dandashi ...
Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Front Row Filmed Entertainment has boarded Arab-language comedy “Abdelinho,” directed by Morocco’s Hicham Ayouch and toplined by Ali Suliman (“Tom Clancy ...
Noam Shuster Eliassi spreads the message that Palestinians and Israelis should live as equals.
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