Palestinian American comedian Atheer Yacoub hasn’t changed her material since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza. The war brought the conflict between Israel and Palestinians to the forefront for many ...

“Silliness is hugely important to me,” said the writer, whose comedy about a Muslim female punk band has won awards and challenged stereotypes. By Alexis Soloski When the writer-director Nida Manzoor ...

"Comedy for Peace" is one of the Jewish highlights of the New York Comedy Festival, which also includes shows by Alex Edelman, Alex Borstein and Anna Roisman.

The child of Egyptian immigrants growing up along Florida's coastal town of Panama City, Iman Zawahry used comedy as a natural antidote to the city’s racism. To pass the time in their small, Southern ...

(RNS) — Atheer Yacoub spent her childhood between the occupied territories of the West Bank and the heart of Alabama, a mix that never failed to get a laugh from friends in New York, where she moved ...