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 ...

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 ...

When Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid created the Arab American Comedy Festival in 2003, they weren’t expecting it to be around 20 years later. They had more pressing concerns, like presenting Arab ...

Life has not always been easy for comedian Rola Zaarour, known professionally as Rola Z. Born in Lebanon, she was forced to leave her home during its civil war and grew up in Greece. Years later, she ...

Arab-American comedians don’t just go for laughs; they shape them around identity, turning the chaos of navigating two cultures into something both hilarious and deeply relatable. From culture clashes ...