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 ...

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.

Arab American comedians use their culture to connect with audiences. Syrian American Laura Laham was glued to the TV watching comedy specials as a kid, but struggles to remember comedians she ...

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 ...

Arab-Muslim stand-up comedy is flourishing more than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. While comics like Obeidallah, Ahmed Ahmed and Amer Zahr differ on approach, they’re all ...