BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32000@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240112T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240112T200000 DTSTAMP:20231228T152430Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/tampa-arab-american-comedy-festival / SUMMARY:Tampa Arab-American Comedy Festival DESCRIPTION:Movie Buffs Productions\nPRESENTS\nTAMPA ARAB-AMERICAN COMEDY F ESTIVAL on it's 1st edition!\nA Night Full Of Comedy\, Music &\; More.. .\n*Black box theater is located on the 2nd level of university mall(Rithm )\, by the food court.\n*Seating is based on 1st come 1st serve.\n*Doors o pen at 7pm\n*Must be over the age of 18 to attend.\n*Show is in English.\n *ALL TYPES OF CAMERA OR VIDEO RECORDING IS PROHIBITED!\nFEATURING:\nAHMED AHMED - as seen on: Comedy Central\, Show-time\, Netflix\nEgyptian-America n actor\, comedian\, producer\, and director Ahmed Ahmed is one of the mos t diverse\, multi-faceted talents in the entertainment industry today.\nHe is a co-founder of the groundbreaking Axis of Evil Comedy Tour\, which ai red on Comedy Central and later went on to make history taking that tour a ll around the Middle East. Ahmed has two Showtime comedy specials. He can be seen starring on TBS’ hit comedy series Sullivan &\; Son and has a ppeared on The Tonight Show\, Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show\, Wee ds\, Swingers\, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan\, and Iron Man.\nEMAN MORG AN - as seen on: Show-time &\; Netflix\nEman Morgan is an Egyptian Amer ican stand-up comedian born &\; raised\nin Los Angeles and is now based in New York City.\nHe's featured in a Showtime Special "Bridging the Gap" \nand the feature film "Just Like Us" currently streaming on Netflix.\nIn addition to performing stand up in English\, he's also performed\nstand up in Arabic in the middle east including Qatar\, Jordan\,\nBahrain and Duba i. He's made appearances in notable\nFunnyOrDie sketches\, including Sacks West\, How to be a\nterrorist in Hollywood and Egypt's Facebook Revolution .\nCurrently he performs nightly at local New York comedy clubs\,\nchariti es\, colleges\, private events and overseas.\nMOHANAD ELSHIEKY - as seen o n: Comedy Central\, Conan\, Epix\nMohanad Elshieky is a New York based com edian who made his national TV debut on Conan\, has been featured on Comed y Central\, and has toured with Pop Up Magazine.\nIn 2018\, he appeared in an episode of Epix’s “Unprotected Sets” and was listed as one of Th rillist’s 50 Best Undiscovered Comics.\nMohanad\, who most recently work ed as a digital producer on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee\, has a special skill for making you laugh at the seemingly unlaughable. The Libyan-born comedian combines a deceptively laid-back demeanor with his whip-smart per spective on politics and culture. The Portland Mercury called him “an un disputed genius of comedy\,” and he's been featured on podcasts such as Lovett or Leave It\, Pod Save The People and Harmontown. Elshieky zeroes i n on topics that seem off limits - then surprises you with how hard you’ re laughing.\nLIVE PERFORMANCE BY: FELUKAH!\nNamed as the "Queen of Arab H ip-Hop"\nOne of the leading lights in Arab hip-hop\, Felukah has really ma de the jump since dropping her debut EP “Yansoon” in 2018\, making a n ame for herself between her home in New York and the Middle East. Earlier this year\, the Lebanese-American music writer Danny Hajjar marked her as one to watch in 2023 for Esquire Middle East:\n“All of the work Felukah puts into her music paid off big time with the huge year she had in 2022. The New York-based Egyptian artist was part of the Coca-Cola World Cup\, a nd followed that up with the release her latest album\, “The Love Serum ”. Felukah is poised for a massive year in 2023 and continuing her creat ive reign as the neo-soul artist bringing the Nile to New York.” ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/12/385474233_779597547301934_8081147043115788815_n.jpg LOCATION:The Blackbox Theater\, 12335 University Mall Ct\, Tampa\, Florida\ , 33612\, United States GEO:28.058941;-82.434436 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=12335 University Mall Ct\, Tampa\, Florida\, 33612\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Bla ckbox Theater:geo:28.058941,-82.434436 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR