Event Details

Date/Time: 

Feb 28 2013 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Price: 

Advance admission $15/$12 members.
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Where: 

Levantine Café
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035-2657
Between La Cienega & Fairfax
ample street parking

This special edition features headliner Aron Kader in his first Sultans appearance after touring with the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. If you love to laugh, you'll dig this show with its satirical insights on the Middle East and fresh perspectives on American and Middle Eastern life. The revolving cast features Aron Kader, Fahim Anwar, Maria Shehata, Nasry Malak, Ara Basil and Mike Batayeh. The Sultans of Satire is the longest-running Middle Eastern stand-up comedy show in the U.S. Features some of the best young stand-up comedians today who just happen to be of Arab, Lebanese, Palestinian, Egyptian, Iranian and Afghan heritage from diverse faiths. Tickets/info 323.413.2001. Watch video clips at sultansofsatire.com.

Megan Sweas
Religion News Service
Oct 30, 2012

LOS ANGELES (RNS) Unshaven and wearing a black hoodie and cap, Omar Elba looked out from the lectern, surrounded by a gold cross and organ pipes. "Moses, you are my nizzle fo' shizzle," said the Egyptian-born Muslim comedian, doing his best to channel Snoop Dogg.

Event Details

Date/Time: 

Jun 23 2012 3:30pm - 6:00pm

Price: 

General seating $20
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Where: 

IMAN Cultural Center
3376 Motor Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90034

Join Levantine Cultural Center and MPAC in Los Angeles on Sat, June 23, for an afternoon of comedy with Egyptian TV host and political satirist Bassem Youssef, the "Egyptian Jon Stewart" (note that a portion of the program will be in Arabic). Hosted by the IMAN Cultural Center in Los Angeles, this special event will feature a performance and Q&A with Youssef, as well as local Arab comedian Mike Batayeh of the Sultans of Satire.
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Event Details

Date/Time: 

Jul 19 2011 10:00pm - 11:30pm

Price: 

$10 cover (doors open 9:30 pm) Click here to buy tickets

Where: 

Flappers Comedy Club
102 East Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA

Comedian Mike Batayeh, a long-time star of the Sultans of Satire, hosts and performs in Browntown, at the Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank. Along with this very funny Jordanian American comic are some of our Middle Eastern faves—Max Amini ("Mind of Mencia"), Maria Shehata (winner of OC Funniest Comic), Amir K, Joe Berry, Omid Singh et al.

Contact Jordan Elgrably: 310.402.8866




[Philadelphia, December 26, 2008]—The Sultans of Satire show features some of the best stand-up comedians today who happen to be of Arab, Iranian, Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Middle Eastern Jewish heritage. In “West Meets East: The Inauguration Tour,” Sultans regulars Mike Batayeh, Noel Elgrably and Elham Jazab, plus special surprise guests, will perform live in Philadelphia on January 16, 2009 and in Washington DC on January 18, when they’ll offer their own brand of outrageous comedy, along with satirical insights on the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama.