Muslim Comedienne Triumphs with Veiled Humor

[kskiska]

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - British Muslim comedienne Shazia Mirza strides on stage dressed all in black and says: "Don't worry, I won't blow you up."

The predominantly white audience titters nervously but she soon has them onside with another caustic one-liner: "My name is Shazia Mirza. At least that is what it says on my pilot's license."

Then it is onto the Saudi Arabian women caught stealing on security cameras. "Police are looking for a woman with brown eyes," she said, delivering her deadpan humor with a face as somber as her traditional dress. The crowd at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival lap it up.

From New York to the Netherlands she loves to mock Western ignorance of Islam, using her literally veiled humor to push out the boundaries of taste.

It has worked well. She has been garlanded with awards and acclaimed as a positive role model for British Muslim women in a multi-cultural society.

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[Jim Sagle]

1. Humor?

she told Germans during the Iraq (news - web sites) conflict "Come on, join in. It's not the same without you."

:puke: