YALLA VOTE ‘08 Our Voice. Our Future.

Project Breakout interviewed Dean Obeidallah, Maz Jobrani, and Ahmed Ahmed at the Arab American Institute’s Comedy Kabob. The night was a smash hit, with two shows at Bar Standard in Denver, Colorado. Politicos, activists, locals, and the glitterati rubbed elbows that Monday night, and got a good dose of politics and humor in the bargain.

Be sure to watch all the clips, because clips from their performances are embedded in the interview…

Dean Obeidallah:

Ahmed Ahmed:

Maz Jobrani:

Yalla Vote field interns visit the DNC…

…and the RNC…

… and our nation’s Capital.

To see more photos of their Washington adventure, please visit our Flickr photostream.

“Nobody wants to laugh with the enemy. People want to look for an excuse to hate you.” –Ahmed Ahmed, STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age

It’s a hard truth: you can only fear what you do not know. A few comics are trying, one laugh at a time, to change the way Americans think about Muslims, and Arabs, in America. On Sunday, May 11, you can laugh along with Muslim American comics Ahmed Ahmed, Tissa Hami, Dean Obeidallah, Azhar Usman and Maysoon Zayid on PBS’s extraordinary show, America at a Crossroads.

Visit PBS’s website to learn more about the show, watch clips, and stay tuned to Yalla Vote next week to win a copy of this DVD!

Here’s the coolest part: two of these comics will be performing at AAI’s tributes during the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions.

Watch Dean Obeidallah and Tissa Hami on the View:

Oh, yeah.