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World Service,11 Aug 2018,53 mins

The Arts Hour Montreal Summer Comedy Show

The Arts Hour

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In a special programme recorded in Montreal during the city’s world famous comedy festival, Iranian American comedian Maz Jobrani hosts a global line-up of comedians whose roots stretch to Pakistan, Somalia, Lebanon, Iran, Nicaragua, the Caribbean, the USA and Canada. Ali Hassan, Martha Chaves, Wassim El-Mounzer, Hoodo Hersi, Eman El-Husseini, Jess Salomon and Rodney Ramsey take on everything from race, sexuality and religion to Trump and body hair. For photographs of all the comics taking part in the show please scroll down to the gallery at the bottom of the page Photo shows Maz Jobrani (c) Paul Mobley

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