Arab American comic Dina Hashem has a debut special — but the timing is ‘tricky’
Dina Hashem is on a stellar trajectory for a 34-year-old comedian.
She currently writes for The Daily Show and has written for the Max comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls, created by Mindy Kaling. She’s set to voice a character on Ramy Youssef’s upcoming animated show for Amazon Prime Video. The streamer is also debuting her standup special, Dark Little Whispers, on Nov. 10.
But the timing is frankly terrible. One month after a deadly conflict broke out between Israel and Hamas, and right before her special’s release, Hashem’s social media isn’t saturated with self-promotion. Instead, there’s a video compilation of her calling Sen. Lindsey Graham’s office.
“Hi, I’m an Arab American, and I just have to say that when I first heard Lindsey Graham’s bloodthirsty statements about the Middle East, my first thought was: What’s the going price for a pint of my blood?” she asks, as the AC/DC song “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” plays in the background.
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