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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.
     

  "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.
     

  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."
     

  "Arab Comedians Bring Down House"
This is an article about my show at Princeton University which appeared in "The Daily Princetonian."
     

  '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.
     

  "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.
     

  ARABIAN NIGHTS
Time Out NY's article previewing the 4th annual NY Arab-American Comedy Festival which I co-founded with Maysoon Zayid.
     

  "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.
     

  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).
     

  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.
     

  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.
     

  "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)
     

  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.
     

  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.
     

  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.
     

  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.)
     

  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.
     

  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.
     

  NY Daily News - "Arab-American Comics Find Cause to Laugh"
Check out this article I'm featured in from New York's Daily News.
     

  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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ABC's "The View"
May 1, 2008 - 11:00 AM
ABC TV
 
The Watch List on Comedy Central.com
Available online now!!
www.comedycentral.com
 
"Axis of Evil"special re-airs on Comedy Central
August 29, 2008 - Midnight (Eastern Time)
Comedy Central TV
 
Show with Russell Peters at Atlantic City's Borgata Casino
July 11 and 12, 2008
Atlantic City, New Jersey
 
"Red, White and Brown" Stand up comedy show
July 31, 2008 - 8:00 PM
Broadway Comedy Club, NY, NY
 
Stand Up For Peace Comedy show at Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace
July 19. 2008 - 8:00 PM
Boston, Mass.
 
Maz Jobrani, Ahmed Ahmed and I in Beirut, Lebanon
August 9 and 10, 2008
Beirut, Lebanon
 
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I'm one of the five comedians featured in the upcoming PBS documentary which airs nationally on PBS on May 11, 2008 entitled "Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Age."



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.



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