Yalla Habibis!

Arab-American standup comedians Lynn Maleh and Gena B. Jones

Featured on Netflix Is A Joke Fest and Arab News, Hilarious Habibis is a nationally-touring stand-up comedy show featuring comedians of Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African descent.

The show aims to bring together a diverse group of artists and audiences to laugh about everything, from brown parent trauma and cultural hiccups to AMC commercials and lube.

Produced by Los Angeles-based Syrian-American comedians Lynn Maleh (TV Writer, Fox) and Gena B. Jones (Regular, The Hollywood Improv), Hilarious Habibis lends a definitively female voice to the Arab/MENA comedy landscape.

Meet Your Hosts

Called "up-and-coming" by the Los Angeles Times, Lynn Maleh is an Arab-American standup comedian and TV writer whose last name means salty, which she is.
She’s previously written for Universal Basic Guys on FOX, Act Your Age on Netflix, The Onion, Reductress, and McSweeney’s. She's performed on Netflix Is A Joke Fest, New York Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, and a few times in Brad Pitt’s old backyard.
Her podcast CleoPODtra was featured in NPR and named “New & Noteworthy” by Apple Podcasts, and she co-created and co-produces Hilarious Habibis, a nationally-touring standup showcase, featuring comedians of Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African descent.

Gena is a Syrian-Mexican-American comedian and writer based in Los Angeles.

She’s currently a regular at the Hollywood Improv, the Westside Comedy Theater, The Crow, and a plethora of indie venues around LA. She co-produces Hilarious Habibis, a nationally touring standup showcase that spotlights Middle Eastern talent. The show sells out venues all across the country and was featured in the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Weekly, and Arab News. Gena has made a splash in the festival circuit: she’s showcased for Just For Laughs New Faces and has performed in the Netflix Is A Joke Festival, the New York Comedy Festival, Boise Treefort Fest, and SF Sketchfest.