Mullah Nasruddin Feeds His Coat
Part of Moral Tales Adapted from a Middle Eastern Islamic folk tale which is attributed to different countries, including Turkey and Syria. Mullah Nasruddin had been working in the fields all […]
How to get rid of stress (?)
One young man to the other: I felt very stressed ! And: what did you do? I went to Mosque. Did prayers help? Not really. I mixed up all the […]
Why more TV shows are looking to God for relatable, religious-themed comedy
Source: USA Today BY Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY God is everywhere and in everything — including your favorite comedies. The unexpected breakout star of winter TV is none other than the Lord himself, […]
Acts of Faith Meet Hasan Minhaj: The Muslim comedian who roasted Trump in front of reporters
Source: The Washington Post By Kate Shellnutt Hasan Minhaj asked the question himself when he hosted the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night: “Who would have thought, with everything […]
Watch Comedian Hasan Minhaj Skewer President Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner
Source: Time Comedian Hasan Minhaj did not spare President Trump at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. Though the comic headliners of the annual journalism fundraiser have typically bruised the […]
Comedian Hasan Minhaj Will Host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Source: Time BY Mahita Gajanan Hasan Minhaj, a Daily Show correspondent and comedian, will be the entertainer at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the association’s president announced on Tuesday. “I […]
Here Are the Best April Fools’ Day Pranks of 2017
Source: Time BY Olivia B. Waxman Updated: 2:34 PM ET | Originally published: Mar 31, 2017 Saturday, April 1 is officially April Fools’ Day, though one could argue that every day […]
Introduction to Jokes a Sardar Would Tell
Sardar, is a Persian word which tends to be used for military or political leaders because the roots of the word mean commander, perhaps comparable to the English word, chieftain. In Pakistan, for example, the leaders of certain tribes have the title Sardar. [Balochi, Kashmiri, Pashtun, Punjabi, Seraiki, Sindhi]. However, […]
Alone in the Desert (retold by Nasruddin)
Ah, it was a time of bustling cities and pressing obligations! After a time, I grew weary of the pace and needed a respite, a quiet time in which to gather my inner peace again. So I took the barest necessities and went into the desert, to be alone in […]
The Sweetest Strawberry the World Has Ever Known (retold by Nasruddin)
Good day! My name is Nasruddin. I was born in Amritsar in the Punjab, in India. Or…it was so long ago… it may have been in Cairo, in Egypt. In fact, I think it was Newark, New Jersey, though my uncle claims it was Turkey, and my birth certificate […]
SWITZERLAND SECOND? Satirical Swiss Trump video goes viral. So viral
By Jo Fahy FEB 3, 2017 – Switzerland has jumped on board a late-night comedy trend, peddling its ideas of why the country could be an appealing place to the new president of the United States, Donald Trump. Following the lead of a Dutch TV programme, a late night show […]
Muslim Comics in a Mordant Act of ‘Resistance’
Source : The New York Times By Sopan Deb “Look at how many brown people are here!” Dean Obeidallah said to cheers after taking the stage Sunday at the Comic […]
Real Housewives of Isis: ‘They want Muslims to be offended, but we aren’t’
Source: The Guardian BBC2 sketch has been criticised as ‘morally bankrupt’ but many say satire is British tradition and can help fight terrorism Real Housewives of Isis – a sketch […]
Americans are begging the Queen to take back control after Donald Trump’s victory
by Harriet Marsden in news Picture: GETTY IMAGES / WPA POOL “Take back control”: we heard it throughout the EU referendum here in the UK. Now that Donald Trump has won the US election, Americans are wondering whether the UK can do the same to their country. Americans declared their independence almost 250 […]
That ‘thing’ …
An old Arab lived near NYC for over 40 years. He would have wanted to plant potatoes in his garden, yet he is now old and sick. His son is in school in Paris, so the old man sends him an email to clarify the issue: “Darling son, I’m exceptionally […]
Smoke until you die …
In an Egyptian tea shop an American, a French Man and an Egyptian were drinking tea together and were smoking their own brand of cigarettes. On the boxes these days there are warnings that ‘smoking kills’. Therefore the three guys were wondering how much they need to smoke until they […]
Joke of the day: Giving Sad News To A Troop and … an Eagle was sitting on a tree
The Captain called the Sergeant in. “Sarge, I just got a telegram that Private Jones’ mother died yesterday. Better go tell him and send him in to see me.” So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation and lines up all the troops. “Listen up, men,” says the Sergeant. “Johnson, […]
Polygamy – equal treatment ?
My (senior) wife came across the following story on ‘social media’ and could not refrain from reading it to me: ” Haji Ali had two wives. He tried his level best to treat them both equally. It so happened that by chance both of them died on the same day. […]
The hidden power of comedy
Source: BBC By Mary O’Hara From Mosaic 30 August 2016 Maeve Higgins once set herself a task. The Irish-born comedian wanted to see what life would be like if she […]
Muslim comics have a special purpose this year, and Trump is their punch line
Source: The Washington Post By Dean Obeidallah July 12 at 6:30 AM Producers of the Muslim Funny Fest have created fake “Muslim ID” cards for comics, a commentary on Donald […]