comedy

How_to_Dodge_Flying_Sandals
Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Daniel Nour's queer Coptic memoir on family, faith and comedy

Book Club: We speak to Daniel Nour about his memoir 'How to Dodge Flying Sandals,' and how writing honestly about family and faith reshaped his sense of self

Elias Jahshan
07 January, 2026
Snow_Brown_Panto
Christmas 2025
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Why Snow Brown and her Seven Chachay is winning over Britain

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Yousra Samir Imran

31 December, 2025
Reginald D Hunter has been hounded by pro-Israel activists ever since making irreverent jokes about Israel at a July 2024 performance
United Kingdom
MENA
Live Story

UK judge throws out 'abusive' pro-Israel summons to comedian

Amr Salahi
24 December, 2025
Palestine_Comedy_Club
Documentary film
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Palestinian comics speak truth to power in Palestine Comedy Club

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

26 June, 2025
#1_Happy_Family_USA
TV series
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Post-9/11 America as told by Ramy Youssef in #1 Happy Family USA

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

16 April, 2025
Sharief_Homsi
Syria
Society
Live Story

Assad’s fall clears the stage for uncensored comedy in Syria

The New Arab Staff

Safaa Sallal

21 February, 2025
Mo Amer - Getty
Netflix
Video

Mo Amer opens up about Gaza, comedy, and creative choices

The New Arab Staff
06 February, 2025
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Netflix
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Did Netflix's Honeymoonish fail to appease its Arab audience?

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Yousra Samir Imran

18 October, 2024
Sultan_of_Queens
comedy
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Adam Hmada’s The Sultans of Queens redefines Arab-American life

Tariq Raouf

Tariq Raouf

13 September, 2024
Comedian Dave Merheje
comedy
Interviews
Live Story

Comedian Dave Merheje on redefining Hollywood's Arab depictions

The New Arab Staff

Tariq Manshi

23 August, 2024
Isabelle_Farah
Interview
Interviews
Live Story

Edinburgh Fringe to see Isabelle Farah’s comedy set in Babylon

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

02 August, 2024
Reem_Edan
comedy
Interviews
Live Story

20 feet from stardom: A conversation with comedian Reem Edan

The New Arab Staff

Tariq Manshi

28 June, 2024
Esther_Manito
comedy
Interviews
Live Story

Comedian Esther Manito is unleashing her anger on stage

The New Arab Staff

Isabella Silvers

21 June, 2024
Bayoumi Fouad has been a common face in new films and TV shows several times in every single year over the past decade. [Facebook]
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egyptian actor slammed over comedy in KSA amid war on Gaza

Thaer Mansour
06 November, 2023
NasserAlRayess.
Arab-Americans
Interviews
Live Story

'Shawarma King' Nasser Al-Rayess has Arab diaspora ROFLing

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Aisha Aldris

08 September, 2023
Being a Muslim vampire is complicated
British Muslims
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

ITV's Count Abdulla: Being a Muslim vampire is complicated

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Yousra Samir Imran

08 September, 2023
Nour Najjar -- Getty
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

Lebanon comedian Nour Hajjar arrested for jokes released

The New Arab Staff
30 August, 2023
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Arab women
Art
Culture
Live Story

Arab women stand-up comedians in Germany

The New Arab Staff

Basma Elmahdy

07 June, 2023
Egyptian
World
Live Story

Kevin Hart Cairo show cancelled after fury over past comment

The New Arab Staff
22 February, 2023
Bassem yousef
comedy
Interviews
Live Story

No more nostalgia: Embracing change with Bassem Youssef

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

20 February, 2023
JASON LEE
blackface
Voices

Is it too late for comedian Baddiel’s apology over racism?

Richard Sudan

Richard Sudan

09 December, 2022