In this deeply human and sharply funny conversation, Palestinian American comedian Lana Salah joins Saadia in the studio for an unfiltered exploration of comedy, identity, loss, and truth-telling in a world that often prefers silence.
Lana, an engineer-turned-comedian whose life spans the Bay Area, the Middle East, and now Los Angeles, breaks down how humor becomes cultural critique, emotional survival, and a form of resistance. From navigating rooms where her Palestinian identity is met with discomfort, to balancing factual vs. emotional truth onstage, to turning the heaviness of genocide, grief, and personal history into art, Lana holds nothing back.
Saadia and Lana dive into:
How comedy becomes a vessel for truths that policy papers can’t deliver
The tension between emotional truth vs. factual truth in stand-up
Why Muslim women are not a monolith and never were
The cost and power of speaking honestly about Palestine in American comedy spaces
How loss, family, and survival shape Lana’s voice onstage
Her unexpected journey from engineering to performing at the Comedy Store
This episode is raw, tender, political, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny. It’s a story about belonging, complexity, and what it means to turn pain into purpose without losing your humor along the way.
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