AP: “Egyptian Comedian Found Guilty of Offending Islam”
From Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press CAIRO April 24, 2012 (AP) An Egyptian court on Tuesday upheld a conviction against one of the Arab world’s most famous comedians, sentencing him to jail for offending Islam in some of his most popular films. The case against Adel Imam and others like it have raised...
NY TIMES: “Comedian Aasif Mandvi on Food, Islam and Women”
From The New York Times It’s perhaps one of the most sumptuous paeans to Indian cuisine ever made. In the foodie flick “Today’s Special,” the masalas and chutneys serenade the senses as they make the journey from pot to plate, a symphony of colors and textures and almost — just almost — tastes, captured vividly on...
NEWSPAPER COLUMN: “Telling Muslim Terrorist Jokes Is No Laughing Matter”
From Baltimore Sun By Rameez Abbas | 10:56 a.m. EDT, April 16, 2012 A few months ago, I was having lunch with a friend. When her dramatically inclined 6-year-old son wrapped a scarf around his head, she offhandedly commented, “Careful, or we’ll have to put you through a metal detector.” Weeks after that, I was lucky enough...
AP: “Arab-Muslim Comedy Finding A Voice After 9/11″
From Associated Press By JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press – March 14, 2012 EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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.” For every joke Dean Obeidallah made...
NY TIMES MAGAZINE: “How Many Stephen Colberts Are There?”
From The New York Times Magazine Todd Heisler/The New York Times Stephen Colbert dressing for a rehearsal of “The Colbert Report.” By CHARLES McGRATH Published: January 4, 2012 There used to be just two Stephen Colberts, and they were hard enough to distinguish. The main difference was that one thought the other was an idiot....
