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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/gaza-mutual-aid-variety-show-2/
SUMMARY:Gaza Mutual Aid Variety Show!
DESCRIPTION:CHICAGO\, IL\n\nKick back for an evening of live music\, comedy
 \, and entertainment\, all for a great cause! All proceeds will be donated
  to Bilal and Maryam\, two young siblings living in Gaza who desperately
  need food\, shelter\, and clothing.\n\n10% of all book sales during the e
 vening will be donated to The Sameer Project.\n\nPlease note that masks a
 re required for this event! Masks will be available if needed.\n\nEmcee Pi
 dgeon Pagonis has worked for over a decade as an intersex advocate\, spea
 ker\, consultant\, photographer and filmmaker to shed light on the human r
 ights violations endured by intersex people. Their goal is to help end the
  non-consensual irreversible medical procedures meant to discipline unruly
  intersex bodies\n\n**Featured Artists**\n\nSuhaib Qasim is a 25-year old
  stand-up and sketch comedian based in Chicago. Suhaib started his comedy 
 career as an improv performer and sketch writer at the Second City Chicago
 \, graduating from the program in 2023. He now co-produces and hosts the O
 dd Mix Comedy Show and has been featured on showcases at the Lincoln Lodge
 \, Broadway Comedy Club\, St Marks Comedy Club\, and West Side Comedy Club
 . Suhaib can be seen performing standup all over the Chicagoland area\, as
  well as with his sketch group Off Pink Floyd\, whose videos have garnered
  over 1M views on TikTok and Instagram.\n\nFaayani Aboma is front-person 
 of Chicago-based psych/jazz fusion band monoculture and organizer with the
  Chicago Alliance against racist and political repression.\n\nThe Nest (M
 ichele Thomas\, Emmy Bean\, Stacy Rene Erenberg) is an emerging voice stud
 io\, and are known for their sweet vocal improvisations.\n\nLo Mutuc is t
 he author of Oh the Moon and You Can't Kill Me Twice\, provides the voi
 ce of Ruby from the animated Cartoon Network series Steven Universe\, and
  speaks cursive fluently.
LOCATION:Call & Response Books\, 1390 East Hyde Park Boulevard\, Chicago \,
  Illinois \, 60615\, United States
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