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I have appeared on various national and international televisions shows, including Comedy Central's "Axis of Evil Comedy" special and "The Watch List," ABC's "The View," PBS documentary "Stand Up: Muslim Comics Come of Age," CNN's "American Morning" and "Wolf Blitzer's Reports," Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd," Showtime Arabia, NY1, PBS' "Newshour with Jim Lehrer," ABC's "20/20," CNBC's "The Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch," Japan's NHK, CNN International's "Inside the Middle East" and "Your World Today," as well as in numerous sketches on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." I can also be seen in the DVD bonus material for Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 911" in the section entitled, "Arab-American comedians. Please visit my Video and Audio Clips Page to check out clips from my TV and radio appearances.

I have also been featured in numerous newspapers and publications including Time magazine, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair (Italy edition), Associated Press, USA Today, AFP, The UK's Guardian, NY Daily News, The NJ Star Ledger and numerous college publications. Please visit my In The News Page to read newspaper articles in which I have been featured.

I co-produced a new show for Comedy Central's Internet channel entitled "The Watch List" with Emmy award winning writer Max Brooks. This is the first show ever produced by a major entertainment company to feature all Middle-Eastern American performers. For more info, please click HERE.


My one man show entitled, "I Come in Peace," which is a comedic and truthful look at my life as an Arab-American in the post 9/11 world, was an official selection of the 2006 NY International Fringe Festival.


I have written jokes which have been featured on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update and CBS Late, Late Show. My jokes have also been quoted in numerous publications including The New York Times, NY Daily News, and the UK's The Guardian. I have also appeared on various radio shows including Air America, NPR, BBC, and Democracy Now with Amy Goodman.


I am proud to be the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival which is an annual six night comedy Festival in New York City which showcases comedic theater, stand up comedy and film. Over 1700 people attended our last Festival which featured over 50 Arab-American performers.

I am also appearing in and proud to be serving as the Executive Producer of The Amman Stand up Comedy Festival- the first comedy festival ever in the Middle East. The second annual Amman festival took place December 4-10, 2009. For more details please click Here.

I have appeared at colleges and comedy clubs across the United States. I have also performed comedy in the Middle East in Ramallah, Amman, Cairo, Haifa, Dubai, Oman and Beirut. When I'm not traveling, I perform regularly in the top comedy clubs in New York City.

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"Jordanians Can Take a Joke, Comics Find"
This is a NY Times article about the 2nd annual Amman Stand up Comedy Festival held in December 2009. The page also contains audio clips of the comedy from the festival.
"Arab Jokes You Can Laugh At"
Article from PBS.com about the 7th annual NY Arab-American Comedy Festival
"Arab-American Comedy in a Post-9/11 World"
This is a great article about the 6th Annual NY Arab-American Comedy Festival which appeared in Time magazine.
"Interview with Comedian Dean Obeidallah"
This is an interview that appeared in the UK's Global Herald
NPR Segment: "What would you ask an Arab?"
This is a segment we did for the national NPR show "All Things Considered" where they put my friend Maysoon Zayid and I in a Mexican restaurant in Washington DC with a big sign "Ask an Arab" and invited people to ask us questions. They also did a video segment you can see at the above link as well as hear the radio segment.
"Arab-American Comedy Fest Returns To TriBeCa"
This is a story about the 7th annual NY Arab-American Comedy Festival which aired on NY1.
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Click HERE to see my appearance on MSNBC in January 2010 about race and comedy





Check out this article about the 2nd annual Amman Stand up Comedy Festival from the NY Times by clicking HERE.


Check out this article about the 6th Annual NY Arab-American Comedy Festival in Time Magazine by clicking HERE.


I hope you check out my recent appearance on CNN by clicking HERE.