comedy

How_to_be_Famous_play
Play review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Adna Ahmed's How to be Famous! challenges British class barriers

Play Review: We speak to British Somali playwright Adna Ahmed about 'How to be Famous!' her debut comedy exploring class, ambition & Muslim womanhood in Britain

Zaynah Ahmed
17 June, 2026
How_to_Dodge_Flying_Sandals
Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

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

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Elias Jahshan

07 January, 2026
Snow_Brown_Panto
Christmas 2025
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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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
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Palestinian comics speak truth to power in Palestine Comedy Club

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

26 June, 2025
JASON LEE
blackface
Voices

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

Richard Sudan

Richard Sudan

09 December, 2022
Ms Marvel
cinema
Lifestyle
Live Story

Binge these Muslim-centred shows after finishing Ms. Marvel

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Sarah Shaffi

13 July, 2022
Maysoon Zayid
Palestinian diaspora
Interviews
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Maysoon Zayid: Fighting injustice with a smile on her face

Ouissal Harize

Ouissal Harize

11 February, 2022
Weapons of Mass Hilarity (2018); Credit Noor Lozi
comedy
Culture
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Weapons of Mass Hilarity: Tickling all the right boxes

Benjamin Ashraf

Benjamin Ashraf

28 January, 2022
Joe Show 27: Hany Shaker, Prince Charles, and Sudan coup
Satire
Culture
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Joe Show: Egypt screams from the rooftops for Prince Charles

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

13 December, 2021
Joe Show 24 - Metaverse
Satire
Culture
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Joe Show: Forget Facebook, Egypt creates its own metaverse

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

21 November, 2021
Joe Show Sudan Coup
Satire
Culture
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Joe Show: Is Sudan's coup just a silly misunderstanding?

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

08 November, 2021
Palestine
World
Live Story

Mo Amer to star in two new Netflix comedies

The New Arab Staff
05 November, 2021
Joe Show
Satire
Culture
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Joe Show: Panama Papers and Tunisia's textbook dictatorship

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

17 October, 2021
Joe Show 17-18
Satire
Culture
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Joe Show: Sisi's 'American style' prison, Lebanon's new gov

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

03 October, 2021
Joe Show Gilboa prison
Satire
Culture
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Joe Show: To defeat Israeli prisons, use one tablespoon

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

18 September, 2021
Joe Show mocks how a watermark on Egypt's new banknotes triggered an absurd overreaction over 'pride' propaganda, Egypt's move to rename its notorious prisons to 'correctional facilities', and Algeria blaming wild fires on sinister conspiracies.
Satire
Culture
Live Story

Joe Show: Egypt's 'gay' banknote and '5-star prison resorts'

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

02 September, 2021
Egypt's New Suez Canal
Satire
Culture
Live Story

Joe Show This Week: Suez Canal 2, Much Ado About Nothing

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

14 August, 2021
Joe Show: Egypt at the security council
Satire
Culture
Live Story

Joe Show: How Egypt defeated Ethiopia with 'Body Language'

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

23 July, 2021
Joe Show: From Ethiopia With Love
Satire
Culture
Live Story

Joe Show: Panic and hysteria in Egypt over Ethiopia Dam

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff

04 July, 2021
Nour Najjar -- Getty
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

'Like Xanax': In Lebanon, crisis comedy combats trauma

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 December, 2020