I don’t know if humor can change anyone’s minds about standing up to extremism and bringing peace to the Middle East, or if it can really bring different rival religious, ethnic or national groups together. But I do know that after performing my first standup comedy show this week, the Jewish, Christian and Muslim audience…
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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Entertainment, Israel, Palestine & JordanAaron Hanania , Arab , Christian , comedy , humor , interfaith , Israel , Jewish , Laughter , Muslim , Palestine , Palestinian , standup comedy Ray Hanania presents an overview of the importance of humor and the significance of strategic communications Humor is a powerful form of communications and can be used to help bring tensions down in societies, change perceptions and separate those who really hate from those who appear to hate because they can’t control heir fears, apprehensions an…
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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Humor, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Podcast, Ray Hanania, VideoArab comics , comedians , humor , Palestinian-Jewish comedy , stand up comedy , standup comedy Nadia Hilou, a lone Arab-Israeli Christian voice for families and children, was vilified and attacked by extremists in the Arab community in the Middle East and in the United States because she dared to work for peace from inside the system. Hilou was the first Arab Christian woman to serve in the Knesset and as…
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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Entertainment, Israel, News, Obits, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, SpotlightChicago Arabs , Christian Arabs , Christian Comedians , fundraiser , humor , Knesset , Maria Shehata , Middle East Peace , Nadia Hilou , Nasry Malak , politics , Ray Hanania , standup comedy Olmos argues “race” is not a label for divisions at diversity conference Hollywood movie star Edward James Olmos pushed an audience of more than 400 educators and diversity professionals to the edge arguing that it is wrong to look at human beings and believe that they are really divided into different races. The Mexican American…
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American Arabs, Entertainment, News, religionChicago , Dearborn , Diversity , Edward James Olmos , Images and Perceptions , Los Angeles , Miami Vice , Olmos , Ray Hanania , Sayed Badreya , Siham Awada Jaafar , standup comedy , William Adama , World Bank Aron Kader headlines Comedy show for peace in Los Angeles April 10 By Ray Hanania Prominent Palestinian standup comedian Aron Kader will headline an evening of Middle East comedy on Thursday April 10 at the Levantine Center in Los Angeles. The show will be hosted by Sammy “KO” Obeid and will also feature performances by…
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Performing Arab-Jewish standup comedy, first time
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I don’t know if humor can change anyone’s minds about standing up to extremism and bringing peace to the Middle East, or if it can really bring different rival religious, ethnic or national groups together. But I do know that after performing my first standup comedy show this week, the Jewish, Christian and Muslim audience…
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