BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9564@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240713T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240713T211500 DTSTAMP:20240624T161437Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/unity-theatre-liverpool-arab-art s-festival-arabs-are-not-funny/ SUMMARY:Unity Theatre: Unity Theatre: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival: Arabs A re Not Funny DESCRIPTION:\nArabs Are Not Funny\n\n\n\n\nSaturday 13 July\, 7:30 pm - 9:1 5 pmUnity Theatre\n£15\nBook Tickets\n\nAfter a hilarious sell-out perfor mance last year\, we welcome back the funniest Arab comedians to Liverpool for a very special edition of Arabs Are Not Funny.\n\nProduced By Arts Canteen in association with Liverpool Arab Arts Festival.\n\nLine-up:\n\ nPrince Abdi\n\nPrince Abdi is an internationally renowned comedian\, who has appeared on TV screens across the globe. A British-Somali Muslim who l ives in London\, Prince has built up a solid reputation as one of the circ uit’s defining voices. His career has seen him provide tour support to i conic names like Trevor Noah\, Dave Chapelle\, Chris Rock and Jack Whiteha ll. As well as performing at festivals such as The Edinburgh Fringe and Ca pe Town Comedy Festival.\n\nFatiha El-Ghorri\n\nUnderneath Fatiha’s colo urful hijab is a mind full of cutting observations and engaging witticism of the life and times of a British Muslim woman. Fatiha smashes the Muslim stereotypes and challenges people to think about what they think they kno w about Islam\, Muslims\, Muslim women especially. She tackles some tough subjects like Islamophobia and dating by sharing her own experiences which are funny\, thought provoking and honest! Fatiha had Liverpool audiences in stitches last year – we’re thrilled to welcome her back!\n\nAs seen on ITV’s ‘The Jonathan Ross Comedy Club’ 2020\n\nAs seen on Comedy Central’s ‘Comedy Central at the Edinburgh Fringe’ 2020\n\nJanine Ha rouni \n\nLebanese-American comedian Janine Harouni is one of the fastest rising comics in the UK. Her most recent stand up hour ‘Man’oushe’ was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe and is currently takin g her on a world tour. Her last hour\, ‘Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Pl ease Remain Seated)’ was filmed as a special for Amazon Prime and is ava ilable to stream now.\n\nShe stars as Thalia on the ITV2 sitcom ‘Bufferi ng’ and recently appeared as Carla in ‘The Batman’ (Warner Bros.). O ther TV appearances include: ‘The Russell Howard Hour’\, ‘The John B ishop Show’\, ‘Comedians Giving Lectures’\, ‘Question Team’\, an d ‘The Stand Up Sketch Show’.\n\nClips of her stand up have gained her over half a million followers across Instagram and TikTok and have been v iewed 100 million times.\n\n‘Unstoppably entertaining’ – ★★★ ★★ The Times\n\n‘A comedian clearly destined for bigger stages’  – ★★★★ Sunday Post\n\n★★★★ – Guardian\n\n★★★★ – Evening Standard\n\n★★★★ – Scotsman\n\n★★★★ – Tele graph\n\nMaria Shehata\n\nMulti-award winning Maria Shehata is an Egyptian -American comedian based in London. She’s been seen on Comedy Central’ s The Watch List and Comedy Central Live\, Dave Channel’s The Comed y Guide To Life\, and Showtime’s Bridging the Gap.\n\nWinner of Best Co median at the Hollywood Festival of New Cinema\, Maria was tour support fo r Bill Burr\, shortlisted as one of the Five Best New Acts at the 2017 Edi nburgh Fringe by The 99 Club and showcased as Pick of the Fringe at the 20 19 Edinburgh Fringe.\n\nShe is co-host of the weekly comedy podcast 2 Non Doctors.\n\nWinner – Best Comedian\, Hollywood Festival of New Cinema\n \nFinalist – Best New Act of the Edinburgh Fringe\, 99 Club\n\nPick of t he Fringe – Edinburgh Fringe 2019\n\nFurther event information:\n\nAppro ximate show duration: 95 minutes including a 20 minute interval.\n\nAge Ra ting: 18+\n\nALL ACTS ARE IN ENGLISH.\n\nPlease note – Latecomers will n ot be admitted so please arrive in good time.\n\nPlease note that the line -up is subject to change.\n\nVenue:\n\nUnity Theatre\, 1 Hope Place\, Live rpool\, L1 9BG\n\n\n\n\nTickets &\; Booking information for all Liverpo ol Arab Arts Festival events can be found here: https://www.arabartsfestiv al.com/2024-festival/here:  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/06/Arabs-Are-Not-Funny-1920x600-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Performance LOCATION:Unity Theatre\, Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, Unit ed Kingdom GEO:53.400829;-2.971716 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Unity Theatre :geo:53.400829,-2.971716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR