Comedy Showdown - Team Qatar vs Team Expat

This event aims to bring together all the different communities that call Qatar home, both nationals and expatriates. Come and enjoy some multicultural humour, and lets laugh at ourselves, and each other - and do it all together!

RESERVE TICKETS HERE: http://sucq.org/

Date: Nov 8, 2012
Venue: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ),
Education City, Qatar Foundation.
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: QR50

Performers:

Team Expat:
Ousama Itani is an improv comedian who came to Qatar from Texas. He is a founding member of Antique Limax, an improvisational comedy troupe located in Austin.

Issa El-Fahoum is a comedian of Palestinian origin. He joined SUCQ in 2009 when he was only 14 years-old. As an Arab in an Indian school, his experiences are unique but hilarious.

Team Qatar:
Hamad Al-Amari is a Qatari comedian who lived abroad for a few years, giving him the opportunity to learn intricate details of other cultures, and also learn how to mimic some wicked accents.

Mohammed Fahad Kamal is the first Qatari Stand Up comedian, and he has shared the stage with famous comedians like Gabriel Iglesias, Edwin SanJuan, Dean Obeidalla, Aron Kader and Ted Alexandro.

Referee:
Halal Bilal is a Muslim Comedian from South Africa who moved to Qatar in 2009 after traveling the world. He is a founder of SUCQ and the unofficial godfather of comedy in Qatar.

Stand Up Comedy Qatar - SUCQ
SUCQ is a coalition of stand up comedians living in Qatar. SUCQ promotes stand up comedy in the region by supporting and developing up and coming comedians and hosting regular events and tours. SUCQ comedians have been featured extensively in local and regional media, and were recently made their international media debut in a feature in the New York Times.

SUCQ (Stand Up Comedy Qatar) announces the Doha Comedy Festival 2012

Highlights include the show above on November 8, 2012 at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ) that will feature an exciting and hilarious line-up.

Over the past few months, local SUCQ comedians have been entertaining sold out shows in Doha. The comedy industry is certainly maturing nicely and the DCF (Doha Comedy Festival) is the natural step forward.

Here is a taste of one of the comedians: