A conversation with Wissam Kamal - stand-up comedian and filmmaker.
Discussing his journey in to stand-up comedy, vulnerability on stage, the power of satire and his upcoming special 'Ashtaf Zoom'.
We also talk about state attempts at censorship, battling stage freight, the writing and testing process at hand and encouraging more female comics on stage.
Taped live at Aaliya's Books.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:48 A scene
7:32 Completely exposed
16:21 Strength in laughter
29:00 Awk.word
36:16 Everything changes
43:37 Censorship
1:06:26 'Cancel culture'
1:19:43 Act in sign language
1:27:20 Stage freight
1:30:58 Honesty in storytelling
1:35:15 Writing process
1:45:02 Male dominated
