Wednesday 14 March 2012

Arab-Muslim comedy finding voice after 9/11

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 comedy is flourishing more than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Gary He)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."


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