Preacher Moss, Yasmin Elhady, Moses The Comic, and Omar Regan have all made names for themselves on the international comedy stage. They’ve toured stand-up routines, starred in movies and on TV, but ...

On the morning of Oct. 7, Israeli stand-up comedian Erik Angel knew he would have to cancel his show scheduled for that Saturday night in New York. He had spent the day before celebrating his wedding ...

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Ahdoot, who has starred in series such as Cobrai Kai, and Vali Chandrasekaran, an exec producer on Modern Family are behind a new Muslim-American comedy that is in development at ABC.

EXCLUSIVE: Azhar Usman, a pioneer of Muslim stand-up comedy dubbed “America’s Funniest Muslim” by CNN, is set to release his first solo stand-up project, The Islamic States of America, on his YouTube ...

“Comedy for Peace” — a group of stand-up comedians from Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities — will share the stage in early December in South Florida to unite all faiths through humor and mutual ...

Zahra Noorbakhsh flies in from Planet Islam, home of the Muslim world, to speak on behalf of her people, all 1.8 whoever-billion of them. Growing up, Zahra's never felt like enough of anything to be ...

In "immigrant style," comedian Ramy Youssef tried out a fresh set of new jokes for a Michigan crowd Sunday at Royal Oak Music Theatre, spilling everything that came to mind and leaving nothing up to ...

I n stand-up comedy, silence typically equals death. You tell a joke and the audience laughs? Great. You tell a joke and they groan? Well, at least they were interested enough to respond. Tell a joke ...

A scene from “The Muslims are Coming”, a movie that tells the story of a group of comedians who take their show to the Bible Belt and Red State America engaging mostly non-Muslim audiences. Photo ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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