DUBAI – Prominent Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy’s recently launched Dubai-based Fortress Film Clinic shingle is set to make the Arab world’s first zombie comedy, “Zombie Gozombie,” to be directed by ...

In what was one of the most anticipated comedy shows of the year, Mohammed (Mo) Amer brought his global “El Oso Palestino” ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — 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 ...

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Egypt has selected Omar Hilal’s comedy Voy! Voy! Voy! as its candidate for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Oscars. Producers Vox Studios, Film Clinic and Image Nation Abu Dhabi announced ...

"Comedy is tragedy plus time," according to a famous quotation attributed to the actor Carol Burnett, who must never have been to Egypt in a crisis. Someone has struck back at Okasha in that ...

On a rainy Thursday evening in Manhattan, several hundred stylishly dressed young people file into the Gotham Comedy Club. As the room fills to capacity, ubiquitous pop hits by Katy Perry and Cee-Lo ...

DUBAI: Sick of endlessly being taken for a possible terrorist just because of the way he looks, Arab American Ahmed Ahmed has fought back with an unconventional weapon, comedy. Rather than hitting the ...

(CBS News) On "The Daily Show" politicians are often the butt of jokes. But in some countries that kind of "seriously funny" can get you into real trouble, as our Mo Rocca has discovered: When Bassem ...

In a Nov. 15, 2006 file photo, Festival co-founder Dean Obeidallah performs at the Fourth Annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York. Arab-Muslim stand-up ...