Was on CNN today

I just returned from the 3rd annual Amman Jordan Stand-Up Comedy Festival. This is also the third year that I have done it and every year it keeps growing bigger better and just as fun. Amman is a great city and I have many friends there. All the comics were great, including the comic who is also an Executive Producer of the Amman Comedy Festival, Dean Obeidallah. http://deanofcomedy.com/

This Year the big headliners were Gabriel Iglesias, Dean Edwards, and Omid Jalili. Omid had the shortest flight from London while the rest of us came from either NY, or LA. Los Angeles being the longest flight of all, nearly 20hours in the air. Plus another 5-10 hours in or around or on the way to the airport.
And just as a warning to all,..don't eat Mansif served on an airplane. Bad idea to eat Mansif anyways unless its homemade or a nice place.


Here is a peice from CNN about the festival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMRphC832iA

Coming to Dallas and Houston

"Arabs Gone Wild" comedy tour coming to Dallas November 5th and Houston November 6th at House of Blues. Tell your friends in Texas to come. I will be there with some local comedians as well as Maysoon Zayed and Dean Obeidallah. And on top of all that the Texas Rangers are in the World Series. And I don't mean poker. Baseball!!!
Congrats on knocking off the stinking Yankees.

--ak

Toronto

I'm excited this weekend to perform in Toronto again. I was there this summer and enjoyed it to the fullest. I even started to have a soft spot in my sports heart for the Blue Jays. Saturday night at the Queen Elizabeth theater I will headline a show with Maysson Zayed and Dean Obeidallah both good friends and great comedians. Hope if you read this and your in Toronto or have friends there you will come and tell your friends.

--ak

Football

With the NFL season starting and todays weather I am compelled to say that we should officially stop saying "no white shoes after Labor day," and start saying "no more white shoes after football season starts."

--AK

Upcoming shows

If you have any friends in Sacramento, Portland or Seattle be sure to tell them to attend my upcoming shows this month. Its on a tour called Arabs Gone Wild, and I'll be performing with two of my best friends Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayad.


Check the website for details below. --AK

http://www.arabsgonewild.com/

Upcoming shows

Im not happy that summer is almost over and that Labor day is approaching. I like wearing white shoes. I AM excited that I will be doing a bunch of shows starting in September all the way through Oct. Here is the flyer for the show in Seattle. Hope it doesnt rain.
Go Sonics!! errr I mean Seahawks...

--AK

No place like home

I was home in Vienna VA visiting my parents, which is a suburb of Washington DC where I grew up, but I am happy to be home in Los Angeles where I have lived for more then 15 years.
There's nothing like being on Hollywood Blvd where all the "lookalikes," and homeless hang out and at times get arrested for street performing without a license/ drug dealing. If I only knew what Spiderman's spidey-senses were telling him in this situation.

--ak