Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scene from 'Bella.' (photo credit: Vered Adir/Courtesy United King Films) A bold new Jewish-Arab comedy, "Bella," uses humor to ...

Most ethnic groups get their own month to celebrate their culture. What do Arab-Americans get? “Orange alert,” jokes comedian Dean Obeidallah. An American born in New Jersey to a Palestinian father ...

Comedian Maysoon Zayid performs onstage at the Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival. (Photo courtesy of Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival) In the 2006 film Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, Albert Brooks ...

On its 20th anniversary, organizers look back on a tradition that has frequently coincided with painful news events. By Christopher Kuo In 2003, with the Iraq War underway and a wave of anti-Arab ...

The New York Arab American Comedy Festival is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with a year-long tour to 5 of the most prestigious performance venues in the US. For two decades, the festival has upheld ...

Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Front Row Filmed Entertainment has boarded Arab-language comedy “Abdelinho,” directed by Morocco’s Hicham Ayouch and toplined by Ali Suliman (“Tom Clancy ...

Arabic stand-up comedy is getting a global streaming push. Lebanese comedian John Achkar is bringing his one-hour Arabic comedy special AAM JARRIB (Tryin’) to MBC Shahid on May 27, marking what ...

Arabic stand-up comedy is getting one of its biggest mainstream platform moments yet. Lebanese comedian John Achkar’s new special Tryin’ premiered on Shahid this week, the platform's first long-form ...