Co-sponsored by Jewish Studies, South Asia Center and African Studies, at University of Pennsylvania.
Since the tragic events of 9/11, there has been an upsurge in ethnic comedy by Muslims in America. More and more Muslim individuals and groups such as Allah Made Me Funny and Axis of Evil are appearing on stage with comic routines and they are attracting larger and larger non-Muslim audiences. Paradoxically, a tragedy that triggered widespread Islamophobia in American society seems also to have opened the field for Muslim comedy.
This Panel Discussion and Lecture Series, Sponsored by The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore the landscape of American Middle Eastern ethnic comedy and its intricate relationship with Islamophobia.
Panel Members: Mucahit Bilici (Professor of Sociology at John Jay College-CUNY), Jordan Elgrably (Founder of Levantine Cultural Center, and Sultans of Satire Comedy Show) and Dr. Rahim (of Kodoom, Cultural Events Search Engine).
On a separate but related occasion, Sultans of Satire will perform their first comedy show in Philadelphia later that day at Rosemont College:
http://www.kodoom.com/p/artist/Sultans-of-Satire
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