Our Comedians
Dotan Malach (Erik Angel)
An Israeli-Jewish comedian and the founder/producer of the Comedy for Peace Show. Born and raised in Israel, moved to New York few years ago, and made his home on the Upper West side. Since then, he has been performing all over the world. He appears at the LA The Laugh Factory the Stand and many other significant venues all over the US.
An Israeli-Jewish comedian and the founder/producer of the Comedy for Peace Show. Born and raised in Israel, moved to New York few years ago, and made his home on the Upper West side. Since then, he has been performing all over the world. He appears at the LA The Laugh Factory the Stand and many other significant venues all over the US. He tours Europe regularly, has opened for major headliners including Maz Jobrani, and has performed in Tokyo and Israel. He has been seen on CBS and have more than 2M views on Tik-Tok. His comedy is very surprising, clever, high energy, deals with being a recent immigrant, fortyish, a newlywed, that he's Jewish, and speaks English-Falafel 24/7.
Tehran Von Ghasri
Tehran Von Ghasri
Tehran Von Ghasri
One of the hottest rising comedians on the comedy scene. With a diverse contrasting background of Black, Persian, Muslim and Jewish, street smarts and educated, Tehran brings a fresh, unique perspective to comedy and humor. As seen on Comedy Central, HBO and Fox. He performs regularly in the Laugh Factory in L.A and all over the world. Based in Hollywood, CA
Michelle Slonim
Tehran Von Ghasri
Tehran Von Ghasri
New York based comedian, producer, writer and a mother. She’s been on web-shows for Comedy Central and HBO, did sketch on Late Night with Seth Myers, and when the world is healthy and open, she preforms comedy most nights in New York City.
Usama Siddiquee
Tehran Von Ghasri
Usama Siddiquee
A Muslim Bengali-American stand-up comedian and actor based in New York. His act is energetic and intelligent. He most recentlywas featured on the 2020 season of America’s Got Talent. He travelled toMontreal as one of the New Faces at Just for Laughs in 2018. He made his stand-uptelevision debut on BET's 50 Central. He has been featured o
A Muslim Bengali-American stand-up comedian and actor based in New York. His act is energetic and intelligent. He most recentlywas featured on the 2020 season of America’s Got Talent. He travelled toMontreal as one of the New Faces at Just for Laughs in 2018. He made his stand-uptelevision debut on BET's 50 Central. He has been featured on Showtime’s Desusand Mero, MTV’s News, and Bravo’s Cash Cab. He was a finalist for the 2017 NY'sFunniest Competition at Caroline's; a finalist in the 2017 NBC Stand-upCompetition; winner of the 2016 Laughing Devil Cup Comedy Festival in New York.2022 he was a guest of, of one the “Just like that” show, the renew of sex andthe city.
Maher Matta
Steve Marshall
Maher Matta
A Washington, DC based comedian who has performed at various comedy clubs and festivals around the country. He's a regular at the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and recently released his first comedy special with Dry Bar Comedy.
Zara Khan
Steve Marshall
Maher Matta
A Pakistani-American, Muslim, L.A.-based comedian, actor, writer, and public speaker. In her work, she shares her experiences as a single, Muslim woman battling challenges like discrimination, dating and trying to win Burqini competitions. She has a Masters in Social Work and seeks to shatter stereotypes in her comedy. She preforms regularly all around the U.S. .
Steve Marshall
Steve Marshall
Steve Marshall
New York based Jewish American comedian, actor and a writer. A wild, unique, energetic and smart performer, with 25 years' experience in the biggest clubs in the city, and touring regularly throughout the United States.
Liz Glazer
Ashley Austin Morris
Steve Marshall
A Jewish, lesbian comedian, actor, and writer who used to be a tenured law professor, a job she was very funny at. Liz is a recent first place winner of the Boston Comedy Festival and Ladies of Laughter Competition, and has opened and opens for Myq Kaplan and Maria Bamford. Her recent debut album A VERY PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE — recorded
A Jewish, lesbian comedian, actor, and writer who used to be a tenured law professor, a job she was very funny at. Liz is a recent first place winner of the Boston Comedy Festival and Ladies of Laughter Competition, and has opened and opens for Myq Kaplan and Maria Bamford. Her recent debut album A VERY PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE — recorded at two sold out headlining shows at New York Comedy Festival — debuted at #1 on the iTunes comedy charts where it stayed for 6 days, and was featured in the New York Times. Liz has also been profiled for her comedy by the Wall Street Journal, a premier publication for comedy.
Eman Morgan
Ashley Austin Morris
Ashley Austin Morris
A Christian American comedian, Born & raised in Los Angeles California. He landed his first Showtime Special with other fellow comedians in 2010 titled "Bridging the Gap" He was featured in the feature film "Just like Us" that debuted at Tribeca Film Festival and multiple sketches on Funnyordie.com. He's traveled to numerous countries in the Middle East performing in English and Arabic.
Ashley Austin Morris
Ashley Austin Morris
Ashley Austin Morris
A christian actress, writer and comedian. Regularly at New York’s Gotham Comedy Club, West Side Comedy, Stand up NY, New York Comedy Club and Dangerfield’s. She has also appeared on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live and part of our interfaith edition. Ashley will appear on the upcoming Netflix Sketch Show staring Eliza Shlesinger and the new C
A christian actress, writer and comedian. Regularly at New York’s Gotham Comedy Club, West Side Comedy, Stand up NY, New York Comedy Club and Dangerfield’s. She has also appeared on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live and part of our interfaith edition. Ashley will appear on the upcoming Netflix Sketch Show staring Eliza Shlesinger and the new CBS show. Tommy, Other TV Credits: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Prodigal Son (FOX). During 2022 she released her first comedy album, ‘Slightly Off’.
Omar Regan
Omar Regan
Omar Regan
It was 1999, in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Omar Regan answered the inspiration from Def comedy jam and BET comic view and went to an open mic to pursue Stand up Comedy. In the same year, he moved to Los Angeles and performed at the legendary Comedy Store, Ice House, and The Laugh Factory. After appearing in 4 feature films, 2 com
It was 1999, in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Omar Regan answered the inspiration from Def comedy jam and BET comic view and went to an open mic to pursue Stand up Comedy. In the same year, he moved to Los Angeles and performed at the legendary Comedy Store, Ice House, and The Laugh Factory. After appearing in 4 feature films, 2 commercials and Doubling for Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 2, Regan had a dream of becoming a filmmaker and sharing stories of being a Black American Muslim, growing up in Arab and South Asian Muslim communities.
Regan is now known as one of the top American Muslim Comedians in the world, winning over audiences as far as, South Africa, Australia, China, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, Philippines and the United Kingdom, and has now founded his own production called "HALALYWOOD" which promotes, building bridges across racial, religious, and social divides through humor.
Regan believes when we laugh together we see our reflection in one another.
Carmiya Weinraub
Carmiya Weinraub
Carmiya Weinraub
One of the few Orthodox Jewish female comedians in North America. She has found a way to create a comedy career without ever performing on Shabbat, which feels like a major accomplishment. She has worked as a teacher, social worker, and errand avoid her, all while being a mom. Her comedy’s clean, but her house isn’t.
Gibran Saleem
Carmiya Weinraub
Carmiya Weinraub
A Muslim American comedian that was born and in North Carolina and raised in Virginia in a Pakistani household. Gibran is the only comedian to ever be chosen as a finalist for both the Stand-Up NBC and NBC Late Night program. Gibran has been featured on MTV, TV Land, Popcorn Flix, PBS, CUNY TV, VOA, Elite Daily, and Cosmopolitan and perfo
A Muslim American comedian that was born and in North Carolina and raised in Virginia in a Pakistani household. Gibran is the only comedian to ever be chosen as a finalist for both the Stand-Up NBC and NBC Late Night program. Gibran has been featured on MTV, TV Land, Popcorn Flix, PBS, CUNY TV, VOA, Elite Daily, and Cosmopolitan and performed his stand-up television debut on Gotham Comedy Live for AXS TV. He is a staple among college campuses and travels throughout the year.
Zahra Ali
Carmiya Weinraub
Zahra Ali
An internationally touring Muslim American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. You may have seen her on NBC, Revolt TV, or Amazon Prime. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Daily Beast and Bustle.