Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour is a stand-up comedy tour featuring Middle-Eastern comedians Ahmed Ahmed, Aron Kader and Maz Jobrani, with special guest Dean Obeidallah. The Tour started in November of 2005, and was named after George W. Bush dubbing Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, as the "Axis of Evil". The group jokes about terrorist groups along with being Middle-Eastern in America. Kader is Palestinian-American, Jobrani is Iranian-American, Ahmed Ahmed is Egyptian-American, and Obeidallah is Palestinian-American. On March 10, 2007 they were even given their own Comedy Central Special. The group's current events sense of humor has attracted media attention, they have been interviewed by CNN, NPR, and Time Magazine among others. They toured in several middle eastern countries with Showtime Arabia. King Abdullah II of Jordan has attended their show in Jordan and has conveyed his appreciation to their work.

External links

* [http://www.axisofevilcomedy.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/30/axis.comedy/index.html?iref=newssearch/ "'Axis of Evil' inspires laughs" CNN.com article]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1597524,00.html? "Stand-Up Diplomacy", Time.com article]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=5589877? Interview at NPR's All Things Considered]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5589877? NPR article]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=65217599 Axis of Evil's MySpace page]
* [http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/05/08/dougherty.axis.evil.cnn?iref=videosearch? Video of CNN's interview with Axis of Evil]
* [http://www.deanofcomedy.com/ Dean Obeidallah's website]


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