In 2005, with wars raging in Afghanistan and Iraq, comedian Albert Brooks set out on a sort of fact-finding mission. The film he came back with, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, was widely ...

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Maz Jobrani, Ahmed Ahmed and Aron Kader make up the Axis of Evil Comedy group. (They're of Iranian, Egyptian and Palestinian descent,... Jobrani, Ahmed, Kader: A Comic 'Axis of Evil' Maz Jobrani, ...

Maz Jobrani, one-fourth of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, has a bit about how people of Middle Eastern descent can't seem to bust through the stereotypes of a post-9/11 world. "You never turn on the TV ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Security and terrorism are no laughing matters, unless you happen to be one of the four stand-up comedians in "The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour." The comedians, all of ...

The Iranian-born stand-up comic attended UC Berkeley and enrolled in a PhD program at UCLA before trying his hand at comedy and acting. Since... Maz Jobrani, Playing The 'Axis Of Evil' For Laughs Maz ...