{
  "id": 7807289,
  "title": "Dubai Comedy Festival adds nine multilingual shows to star-studded October line-up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/dubai-comedy-festival-adds-nine-multilingual-shows-to-star-studded",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:35:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/dubai-comedy-festival-adds-nine-multilingual-shows-to-star-studded-october-line-up-1.500676937"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dubai Comedy Festival is set to spice up October with nine new multilingual shows featuring a star-studded lineup. Among the additions are Hadeel & Maha, Imad Kehdy, Enissa Amani, Mario Bassil, Chadi Maroun, Aline Ahmar, Daniel Fernandez, Nino Arial, Abz Ali, Noha Bashir, Darren Maule, Celeste Ntuli, Vafa Naraghi, and John Achkar. The shows will take place at various venues across Dubai from October 9 to October 18, 2026, with tickets available on Platinumlist. The festival promises a blend of clever conversations, social observations, and comedic spins across languages, all under one roof.",
  "summary": "Jokes hit different in different languages – and Dubai Comedy Festival, happening this October, is ready to pepper your experience with many. Nine new shows have been added to a star-studded line-up that includes featuring Mo Gilligan, Vir Das, Jamie Lever, Munawar Faruqui, Amit Tandon, Shane Todd, Alexander Merkul, Rafi Bastos, Katherine Ryan, Zarna Garg, Neema Naz, Abbas Bukhari and more. Here…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}