20 Hilarious Lebanese Stand-Up Comedians That Will Make You Literally LOL
No matter what happened and is still happening in Lebanon, Lebanese people never lose their strong sense of humor. It has been said that it is their best survival characteristic as they cope with continuous crises and hardships, a Lebanese legacy of survival.
It is a fact, their adversities and even their frustrations at injustice become a source of jokes and hilarious sarcasm. After all, laughter is therapeutic, and Lebanese do use it plenty even when the circumstances are more angering than laughable.
In recent years, more and more Lebanese stand-up comedians are taking to the entertainment stage, doing what they do best: Cheering up people by making them laugh out loud.
Here are some notable ones that are standing out in the Lebanese scene.
Shaker Bou Abdallah
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Shaker Bou Abdallah uses two opposites in his shows: seriousness and comedy to reflect on his life and Lebanon.
Habib Siam
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Lebanese-Canadian Habib Siam is one of the most hilarious comedians. Other than being a comedian, he is a Ph.D. holder. In his comedy shows, he talks about Lebanon and about being Lebanese in Canada.
Wissam Kamal
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Wissam Kamal is a stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and content developer. He uses his sense of humor to talk about his experience dating a Christian girl (while he is Muslim) and talks about being in Lebanon and the problems that come with it.
Karl Dagher
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Karl Dagher uses the problems of Lebanon like immigration and criticizes the Lebanese authorities with humor.
Elie Maalouf
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Elie Maalouf condemns the Lebanese issues and "way of living" using comedy.
John Achkar
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John Achkar reflects in his comedy about his traumatic experiences with marriage and divorce, his Christian background, and his airport experiences.
Shaden
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Shaden is probably the most outspoken and bold comedian and activist that has particularly stood out since the onset of the Lebanese Revolution.
Breaking social taboos around sexuality, her activism reflects in her hilarious sketches of being a female and a member of the LGBTQ community in Lebanon. She has been also fearless in her regular derisions of politicians and political events on social media, where her sarcasm is never void of common sense.
Nour Hajjar
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Nour Hajjar "believes" that aliens will come to Lebanon and how their experience will be in Lebanon. He also tries to describe his life living coming from the Sunni background and criticizes the Lebanese politicians in hilarious stand-ups.
Imad Kehdy