I start with an admission. I have no idea how comedy and humour work.
38.1 | Humour
In late 2011, a short black-and-white clip from a speech delivered by President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in 1965, went viral on YouTube among Egyptian viewers.
We’ve seen an explosion of Arab and south Asian stand-up comics in North America in the past two decades, coinciding with 9/11.
In November 2018, I caused an international crisis.
Nasreddin Hodja is one of the most important cultural figures in Turkish literature. For generations, Turkish children have grown up listening to the satirical wisdom of this quick-witted hero.
Growing up in an environment as sober as you could get, I was terrified of drunk people.
Dhalinyaro is a coming-of-age story that follows the lives of three high school students, Deka, Asma and Hibo, during the year of their baccalaureate, which is equivalent to A-levels in the UK.