Comedy combating conflict. After 9/11 and in the lead-up to the Iraq war, comedians Maysoon Zayid and Dean Obeidallah created the New York Arab American Comedy Festival to combat the vilification ...

Dean Obeidallah, left, and Maysoon Zayid founded the New York Arab American Comedy Festival in 2003. “Let me be honest, I need to laugh,” Obeidallah said.

All the comedians to see on tour this spring. Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US. ... His knowledge of both Persian and American culture allows him to blend observational humor with multicultural ...

The 2023 Arab American Comedy Festival debuted in Boston this month. In November, the tour will play at New York Town Hall before arriving in Washington’s Kennedy Center in June for its finale.

For Asian American Pacific Islander Month, here are 12 talented AAPI Stand-Up Comedians who are on the rise in the comedy scene.

NORFOLK, Neb. (KTIV) - The 2025 Great American Comedy Festival in Norfolk, Nebraska, announced five comedians who will be featured during the event. The five comedians, River Butcher, David Perdue ...

When the calendar year finally ends, we’ll have seen several hundred new stand-up comedy specials in 2023 (at least 700 counting hours and half-hours). So who’s the best?

American comedian Richard Pryor (1940 – 2005) during a stage show, circa 1977. (Photo by Fotos International/Getty Images) Charles Case invented what you know as stand-up comedy.

Pope Francis looks at American comedians Stephen Colbert, Chris Rock and Jimmy Fallon, among others, as he meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024 ...