In a Nov. 15, 2006 file photo, Festival co-founder Dean Obeidallah performs at the Fourth Annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York. Arab-Muslim stand-up ...

Popular names in Arab comedy to come together for YouTube's first regional Comedy Week Some of the best known names in Arab comedy will come together for YouTube’s first ever regional Comedy Week. Set ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s not easy being an Arab-American in the United States these days – but it apparently makes for some funny material. The fourth annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival featured stand-ups ...

A new Arabic television series aimed at the region’s 18-35 year olds has wrapped filming in Abu Dhabi after an eight-week shoot facilitated by Abu Dhabi Film Commission. Jeeran (neighbours) is the ...

Both had also started out their comedy with homemade content before hitting prime-time television gold. If comedian turned pessimistic curmudgeon Bassem Youssef – a man once billed as the Arab world's ...

Dubai: Arabic songs and comedies are the top videos watched by Arabs on YouTube in 2013, according to a Google survey released on Wednesday. “These videos show how YouTube is driving pop culture — ...

AMMAN, Jordan | “I am actually really proud that my best friend in the whole world is Jewish,” Palestinian-Canadian Eman Husseini told a captivated audience at a stand-up comedy festival in Amman, ...

When the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival was founded in 2003, it was no easy feat, but not for the reasons you might think. “The first year was the most difficult and it wasn’t even a race ...

First Arabic-language comedy channel denies that high running costs are forcing it to shut down Kuwait City: Funoon Television, the first Arabic-language comedy channel, has denied media reports that ...