"That’s not a Hadith. That’s Tupac."

Rayana Khalaf, Stepfeed, This Muslim sheikh's tweets about frequent questions will crack you up - "That’s not a Hadith. That’s Tupac." "While Muslim clerics and preachers are often thought of as characteristically serious and stern, this Florida-based lecturer is all about humor, especially on social media."

Muslim robot (parody)

parody from Light, Inc. which raises some significant issues

Jordanian website turns to satire to combat heavy news

middleeasteye.net, Jordanian website turns to satire to combat heavy news, 23 May 2016 "There are few regions on Earth where the truth is harder to bear than the Middle East. The daily news of air strikes, suicide bombings and entire cities under siege is more than most people can countenance.

"That is why one website has begun packaging the news with a dose of comedy, to get Arabs to engage more with what is happening around them. That website, al-Hudood (The Limits), is a kind of Arabic equivalent of the Onion. It uses satire to reveal serious and often dark realities about the world we live in." 

Some good examples on this website from al-Hudood.

'The Fatwa Show'

John Thorne, Christian Science Monitor, 'The Fatwa Show': Moroccan journalist tells clerics to just have some fun, 10 April 2013

"'The Fatwa Show' satirizes Islamic legal opinions, and is one of the most popular features on the new Arab world news and commentary website Free Arabs."

You'll find a brief quote from myself in this article.

Satire: Saudi clerics “running out of day-to-day things to ban”

The Pan-Arabia Enquirer, Saudi clerics “running out of day-to-day things to ban.” satirical perspective

'A Muslim’s Guide to Facebook Arguments (and online ridiculousness in general) '

Amusing article...

A Muslim’s Guide to Facebook Arguments (and online ridiculousness in general) - MuslimMatters.org

"

‎" ... the age-old rule still stands true- that wherever there are Muslims hanging around, there are bound to be Muslims arguing over ridiculous things. Not surprisingly, the internet is now the boxing ring for our new generation of Shaykh Googles and Mufti Wikipedias to profess their scholarly expertise and argue with one another with far more advanced tools of divisiveness, or as they say nowadays according to modern cyber tajwīd: “trolling.”""

"Lebanese IPhone Apps"

Thanks to arabnewsblog.net, Lebanese IPhone Apps, 23 Feb 2010 for this one:

Qifa Nabki, The iPhone App Store Comes to Lebanon, 21 Feb 2010 "Wouldn’t it be great if Lebanon’s problems could be solved by saying, simply: “There’s an app for that?” Now they can."

Humour piece. Could easily be transferred to other contexts...

Jordan, technology and comedy

A couple of interesting tech related stories relating to Jordan:

Tom Gara, The National, Animated success for Jordan, 5 Oct 09 "A Jordanian animation studio has received a multimillion-dollar investment from a regional private equity fund in another success for the country’s community of technology entrepreneurs."

Tom Gara, The National, Arabic humour scores a hit, 26 Sep 09 "A Jordanian website that lets users view and share humorous Arabic-language content is one of the winners of a contest to find the most promising internet startups in Europe and the Middle East." This refers to Talasim:



Details: Talasim. This blog needs more (intentional) comedy, so I may return in due course to Talasim when I have time.

Video (humour) Interlude

Khaled's Ramblings, video: Smooth Criminal, Saudi Style (with tip thanks to Saudi Jeans).



This works well. BGT's Diversity should watch out.