Aron Kader is a Palestinian-American, Muslim morman comedian from DC. Unlike several of his fellow Arab-American comedians, Aron is a professional performer who studied in the performing arts and honed his comic skills both within the Los Angeles comedy club circuit as well as in the “The Groundings” Sunday sketch theatre company.
One of the things that makes Aron unique is that he gives back to the Middle Eastern community, not just through countless hours of fun and entertainment, but also through formal education. Aron is the first person to formally teach comedy in the Middle East both in 2008 when he taught comedy to a classroom of Jordanian students prior to the “Amman Comedy Festival” -- cofounded by his fellow comic Dean Obeidallah- and in 2009 when he set-up a four week comedy workshop during the Dubai Shopping Festival.
The 2009 Arab American Comedy Festival will be held for 4 days in New York city. The festival includes hard hitting Arab American comics such as Ahmed Ahmed, Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zayid, Aron Kader … and runs over a 4 day period:
Sketch Comedy Nights (May 11th @ 7:00pm)
New Faces of Arab Standup Comedy (May 12th @ 7:00pm)
Arab American Headliner Standup Show (May 12th @ 9:00pm & May 13th @ 7:30 pm)
After breaking all box-office records at the Edinburgh Festival and then going on a forty date sell-out tour across the UK, this is Omid's greatest show, recorded live at The Long Palladium captured in all its glory.