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Lebanese stand-up comedians from the comedy club Awk.word have been bringing relief to the crisis-hit country JOSEPH EID AFP
Lebanese comedians are bringing relief and defying taboos with jokes about dating, partying during the pandemic and how even drug dealers are considering leaving the crisis-hit country.
Laughter erupts in a venue wedged between two districts devastated by a deadly August 4 explosion that ravaged the Beirut port and swathes of the Lebanese capital.
The blast exacerbated a year-long acute financial crisis and political deadlock, as the country also struggled with a surge in novel coronavirus infections.
“The situation is so bad that even the flea market has slashed its prices by 50 percent,” joked Nicolas Tawk.
Lebanese Comedians Bring Relief, Defy Taboos
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Comedians pose for a picture before taking part in a comedy night ahead of their show at the KED Beirut venue in the Lebanese capital s Karantina neighbourhood.
Comedians find plenty of material in the many mishaps of Lebanon, a multi-confessional country still divided after 1975-1990 civil war
Lebanese comedians are bringing relief and defying taboos with jokes about dating, partying during the pandemic and how even drug dealers are considering leaving the crisis-hit country.
Laughter erupts in a venue wedged between two districts devastated by a deadly August 4 explosion that ravaged the Beirut port and swathes of the Lebanese capital.
Lebanese comedians offer relief from anxieties
For many performers, it is still too soon to joke about the Beirut blast. But everything else is fair game.
Sunday 20/12/2020
(L-R back row) Stand-up comedians Mario Moubarak, Firas Shamieh, Mohammed Baalbaki, Nicolas Tawk, Iyad Al-Hout, Georges, and Georges pose for a picture behind Shaden (on her knees) and Lama Chmayaa (carried), in Beirut. (AFP)
BEIRUT Lebanese comedians are bringing relief and defying taboos with jokes about dating, partying during the pandemic and how even drug dealers are considering leaving the crisis-hit country.
Laughter erupts in a venue wedged between two districts devastated by a deadly August 4 explosion that ravaged the Beirut port and swathes of the Lebanese capital.