Topic: Standup comedy
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Kae Kurd: ‘I started comedy when I realised no one was telling our stories’
The British-Kurdish comedian never thought he would have a career on stage. Now he’s about to take his show, What’s O’Kurd, around the UK.
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Five comedy shows to look out for at the Edinburgh fringe
A selection of the top comics at this year’s Edinburgh festival fringe, bringing fresh takes on dating, daddy issues and divine intervention.
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Weekend with Saaniya Abbas: ‘Oh, my God, you’re the divorced comedian!’
The standup talks dogs, divorce, tattoos and her upcoming Edinburgh fringe show Hellarious
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Ola Labib: ‘I want to be the person who bonds people through laughter’
The comedian on the inspiration behind her Channel 4 pilot The Pharmacy
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‘It’s too raw’: comedians feel conflicted over using their routines to criticise Israel’s war on Gaza
Comedy has historically been used as a form of protest, yet the conflict may be too painful for many Muslim comics
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‘We’ve got things to say’
After decades of ghettoisation, French Muslims have found their voice in the booming standup comedy scene they helped to build
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Maysoon Zayid Q&A: ‘I became a comedian because I was a drama queen’
The comedian on the discrimination she’s faced as a Palestinian-American since 7 October
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Hyphenated: Episode 25
This week our panel discuss the UK’s response to the latest Middle East conflict and calls to boycott Labour over Keir Starmer’s support for Israel. Plus British-Iraqi standup Hasan Al-Habib on his new comedy talent award win.
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The Rules is not for fools
Back in the mid-1990s, Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider’s dating and relationship guide took the world by storm and infuriated critics, but there are still lessons to learn from it
