Name: #17 Comedian and Mother Sally Johnson by Stories with my muslim mom
Duration: 30 min 43 s
Description: This was one of two episodes recorded by Fox 9. Sally inspired the idea of having mothers on the show and it was a pleasure to have her share her perspective on motherhood and connect with my mom at a deep level. This episode was truly inspiring.

In this episode we sit down and talk with Minneapolis based comedian, Ali Sultan. We talk about his story, comedy, family, going to the Arab American Comedy Festival and more.

Stories with my Muslim Mom podcast host Ali sultan saw his first stand up comedian when he moved to America from Yemen at the age of 15. He grew the desire to go on stage but first he needed to learn English. First year he made local history by being the first to win both Acme’s Funniest Person along with House of Comedy’s Funniest Person contest.
Ali began his comedy adventure to become the first professional Yemeni American comedian to be featured on Television when Kevin Hart hand picked him to perform on Comedy Central’s Hart of The City. In 2018 he filmed two specials one for Epix’s Unprotected Sets and Comedy Central Arabia Presents. 
A regular performer at Acme, New York Arab American Fest, and the winner of 2018 Best of The Midwest contest at Gilda’s Laugh Fest! Named "Top 5 comedian to watch" by Growler magazine, Best Local Comic by Minneapolis City Pages, one of 15 Arab American’s to steal the spotlight by ArabAmerica.com and featured by PBS and Funny or Die for his sketch work and created the critically acclaimed People of Comedy show. 


https://alisultancomedy.com/

Project SEOTW  ep 11 (Ali)

This was one of two episodes recorded by Fox 9. Sally inspired the idea of having mothers on the show and it was a pleasure to have her share her perspective on motherhood and connect with my mom at a deep level. This episode was truly inspiring.

#17 Comedian and Mother Sally Johnson

Sagirah Shahid is a writer, and poet. An African American Muslim Feminist, Sagirah has utilized her spoken word and literary works to build community and to advocate for positive social change.

Her talented brother Hassan Shahid also joined us and shared a beautiful song dedicated to mothers.

#21 Poet Sagirah Shahid and special performance by Hassan Sagirah

Comedian Ali Sultan and his mother Mona explore their amazing journey as immigrants throughout the world and learn about one another.

#17 Comedian and Mother Sally Johnson

Stories with my muslim mom

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