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 ...

Comedian Maysoon Zayid performs onstage at the Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival. (Photo courtesy of Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival) In the 2006 film Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, Albert Brooks ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scene from 'Bella.' (photo credit: Vered Adir/Courtesy United King Films) A bold new Jewish-Arab comedy, "Bella," uses humor to ...

The New York Arab American Comedy Festival is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with a year-long tour to 5 of the most prestigious performance venues in the US. For two decades, the festival has upheld ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Front Row Filmed Entertainment has boarded Arab-language comedy "Abdelinho," ...

Arabic stand-up comedy is getting one of its biggest mainstream platform moments yet. Lebanese comedian John Achkar’s new special Tryin’ premiered on Shahid this week, the platform's first long-form ...

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 ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The comedian who made his name on the “Axis of Evil Comedy Tour” made one thing clear when he opened a recent set at Michigan State University: “Tonight, it’s not Islam 101.

From Arabic crowd work and homegrown UAE talent to interactive dating comedy, here are the latest shows joining the festival this October ...