Atheer Yacoub
ABOUT ATHEER
Atheer Yacoub is a Brooklyn-based comedian and writer, who has performed across the U.S. on stage and on screen. Her half-hour stand-up special premiered on Comedy Central Arabia in 2018, and was broadcast for a global, multilingual audience across the Middle East. She’s been featured on AXSTV’s Gotham Comedy Live, at SF Sketchfest, at The Boston Comedy Festival and many more. Atheer also served as a staff writer for sketch shows like The Breakdown and Passport Control on Brooklyn’s Emmy award-winning network BRIC TV. She is also the co-creator and co-host of the critically-acclaimed sketch comedy show, Muslim Girls DTF: Discuss Their Faith, on FUSE TV, which has won numerous awards including Series Fest Best: Independent Comedy Writing, Yes And…Laughter Lab competition, and The Pop Culture Collaborative’s Becoming America Fund.
Atheer's first album Denied Entry has dropped.
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BUY ATHEER’S ALBUM
Comedy Records is proud to announce the release of Atheer Yacoub’s debut album, Denied Entry, available globally on streaming platforms, and for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.com!
On her debut LP, Atheer riffs on the differences between what it means to "get stoned" in the US vs the Middle East, owning a gun in a Muslim family living in the deep south, and why you always need an anchor white woman to travel with.Yacoub explores themes of immigration, gender roles, and growing up in a Palestinian Muslim family in the heart of Alabama. The album features material written and honed by the New York comedian over 10 years while frequently headlining sold-out shows all over North America.
