NEWSPAPER: “American Muslims Tackle Islamophobia With Comedy & Humor”
Tweet From The National (United Arab Emirates) If you’re going to try to conquer Islamophobia in the United States with laughter, the very first problem you might run into is finding American-Muslim comedians. There just aren’t that many out there. The second, third and fourth problems may well be surviving the right-wing blog vitriol, a...
AP: “Arab-Muslim Comedy Finding A Voice After 9/11″
Tweet 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...
CNN COLUMN: “When ‘Studying While Muslim’ Becomes Probable Cause with NYPD”
Tweet From CNN By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN February 22, 2012 — Updated 1317 GMT (2117 HKT) NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly speaks at police headquarters on January 27. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Reports found NYPD spied on American Muslim college groups at 16 Northeast colleges Dean Obeidallah: If NYPD had spied on any other group or...
CNN COLUMN: “Rick Santorum Wants to Impose Christian Sharia in America”
Tweet From CNN By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN updated 2:30 PM EST, Thu January 5, 2012 Rick Santorum bows his head in prayer during a campaign rally in Iowa this week. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Dean Obeidallah: Santorum would like to impose Christian law on U.S. He says Santorum has repeatedly said he thinks civil law...
MSNBC VIDEO: “A Laughing Matter: Muslim Comedians Tackle Prejudice”
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NEWSPAPER: “Arab Comedians Look to Change Minds in America”
Tweet From The National Newspaper (United Arab Emirates) Tahira Yaqoob Sep 25, 2011 Have you heard the one about the Palestinian-Sicilian lawyer who gave up his day job to convince the world Arabs can be funny? Dean Obeidallah believes in comedy with an underlying message. As the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival,...
CNN COLUMN: “America, Can Muslims Reach You Through Comedy?”
Tweet From CNN.com By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN August 18, 2011 1:30 p.m. EDT “The Muslims Are Coming” tour featured Maysoon Zayid, from left, Chris Davis, Dean Obeidallah, Negin Farsad and Omar Elba Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah is an award-winning comedian who has appeared on TV shows such as Comedy Central’s “Axis of Evil” special, ABC’s “The...
CNN VIDEO: “Muslims Comedians Challenge Islamophobia”
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NASHVILLE: “Muslim Comedians Wage ‘Satirical Jihad’ on Bible Belt”
Tweet From The Nashville Scene By Jack Silverman Dear Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, Murfreesboro anti-mosque activist Laurie Cardoza-Moore and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain: We’ve been pretty hard on you in these pages and on our blogs, chastising you for your blatant Islamophobia and laughing at your absurd contention that Sharia law could be imposed...
