5 September 2025 • Video • Comedy
Is it OK to Laugh? Behind the Scenes of Palestine Comedy Club
Meet the team behind the upcoming feature film, recorded at Sheffield DocFest.
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19 August 2025 • Article • Comedy
Edinburgh awards for Alaa and Sami
Comedians Sami Abu Wardeh and Alaa Shehada have won awards at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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18 February 2025 • Article • Comedy
Palestine Comedy Club
A new film directed by Alaa Aliabdallah, co-directed and produced by Charlotte Knowles.
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7 June 2023 • Article • Comedy
Selam Amare on ReSounding Podcast
Comedian and producer Selam Amare on why it's OK to be make jokes about being a refugee
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7 June 2023 • Article • Comedy
Comedy and Activism
Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi on what stand-up means to her.
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21 December 2022 • Article • Media & Entertainment
Some of the best pop culture content of 2022
As suggested by the PopChange network
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1 August 2022 • Podcast • Comedy
But Is It Funny? Podcast: Edinburgh Fringe Edition
Listen to the Season 3 Finale
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16 March 2021 • Reference • Pop culture & social change
New Brave World: The power, opportunities and potential of pop culture for social change in the UK
A follow-up report to Riding the Waves
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5 March 2021 • Updates • PopChange
Pop Culture meets Social Change Retreat 2021
Welcome to our first online ‘Pop Culture meets Social Change Retreat’.
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25 November 2020 • Video • Comedy
How to be a stand-up comedian
A 3 part series presented as part of the No Direction Home comedy project run by Counterpoints
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19 July 2020 • Article • Comedy
A Guardian feature: The refugee standup night
The Guardian article on No Direction Home
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21 June 2020 • Article • Comedy
Trump, pet goats and refugees: comedians with new perspectives
Mo Omar shares some of his favourite stand-up comics to follow