Dean Obeidallah Biography
Dean Obeidallah is an American attorney, comedian, and journalist. He hosts SiriusXM Progress’ The Dean Obeidallah Show and frequently contributes to CNN, The Daily Beast, and MSNBC. Dean has also been on various international and national programs, including CNN’s “American Morning” and “The Situation Room,” PBS’ “Newshour with Jim Lehrer,” and Air America Radio.
How old is Dean Obeidallah?- Age
Dean is 54 years old as of December 2023. He was born on 17 December 1969, in Lodi, New Jersey, United States of America.
Dean Family- Education
Obeidallah was born in Lodi, New Jersey, and raised in neighboring Paramus. His father was born in Battir, Mandatory Palestine, while his mother’s parents were born in Sicily. Obeidallah got a J.D. from Fordham Law School and practiced law from 1993 to 1998 at the firm of Beattie Padovano.
Is Dean Obeidallah Married?- Spouse- Wife
He is not married, however, Obeidallah lives with his girlfriend, actress Hend Ayoub, an Israeli-Arab who’s been in several films and television shows.
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His first performance as a comedian was at the New Jersey State Bar Association’s stand-up comedy show. He later left law and was accepted onto the NBC Page show in 1998. In 2005, Obeidallah received the first “Spirit of Bill Hicks” Award, given in honor of Music Bill Hicks, who called for “comedy of thought” presented by New York. Underground Comedy Festival and the Hicks Family. He is teaming up with Emmy-winning comedy writer and bestselling author Max Brooks to produce a new show called “The Watcher” for Comedy Central’s Internet channel. This was the first show by the largest American entertainment company to feature all Arab-American actors. Obeidallah appeared in Comedy Central’s acclaimed “Axis of Evil” comedy special.
participated in the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival with Maysoon Zayid. Held annually in New York, the event showcases Arab-American artists from across the United States. The 20th annual festival is scheduled for 2023. In 2015, he founded the Muslim Comic Festival, the only Muslim stand-up comedy festival in the United States. The second festival was held in July 2016. Obeidallah produced the Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival, which was held in Amman, Jordan, from December 2 to 6, 2008. Our annual film festival took place between 4-10 December 2010. The award-winning The Muslim Come! He co-directed/co-produced the documentary. Focus on religious freedom for all Americans. The film focuses on independent filmmaking by American Muslim artists in the South and West.
Also interviews with The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and Ari Velshi, Congressman Keith Ellison, comedian Louise Black, David Cross, Colin Quinn, Liz Winstead and more is also included. . The film was released in September 2013. In addition to performing in hundreds of theaters and colleges in the United States, Obeidallah has performed stand-up comedy and Latin comedy in Amman, Dubai, Beirut, Cairo, Haifa, Oman, Sharm el, Canada and the Middle East. -Sheikh Mala. In June 2019, a federal judge ordered Andrew Anglin, editor of neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, whom Anglin accused of controlling the Manchester Arena, to pay $4.1 million to the Obeidallah Bombings.