Berkley Center

Georgetown hosted members of the FUNATICAL comedy tour for a panel discussion on protests in the Middle East and comedy as cultural diplomacy. The event featured Georgetown Arab studies professors Adel Iskander, Mariam Nawabi, Ahmed Ahmed, and Maria Shehata, as well as Ambassador Cynthia Schnieder, who served as the moderator. FUNATICAL is an intercultural, interfaith comedy tour that breaks stereotypes and bridges gaps between Muslims, Jews, Christians, and other faiths from the Middle East and South Asia.

This event was co-sponsored by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; Communication, Culture and Technology Program; Department of Culture and Politics; Department of Performing Arts; Mortara Center for International Studies; and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.