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The Arts Hour: The Arts Hour Montreal Summer Comedy Show

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Maz Jubrani_

11/08/2018 GMT

The Arts Hour Montreal Summer Comedy Show

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, The Arts Hour Montreal Summer Comedy Show

Maz Jobrani introduces an array of stand-up talent from the Montreal comedy festival.

Maz Jobrani introduces a glittering array of global stand-up talent from the Montreal comedy festival.

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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