Her comedy touches on dating, going to the doctor and hanging out with friends. But what it doesn't delve into is the ongoing war in Gaza.
The war brought the conflict between Israel and Palestinians to the forefront for many people, but Yacoub says it’s nothing new to her community. She’s been talking about it since she started doing stand-up.
“My goal is just to express my personal experience growing up in Palestine and in Alabama as a Muslim woman,” Yacoub says. “You don't have to be Palestinian or Arab or Muslim to relate to the things that I talk about.”“I feel a little bit of an aversion, to be honest, to the word ‘war.’ It implies two equal and opposing sides, but it's not Muslims against Jewish people. It's an occupation, and I've lived through it since I was a child.
“I've lived there throughout my childhood until about middle school, high school. So I know firsthand what it's like to experience and what I'm seeing now is very triggering and I talked about PTSD on stage and I'm noticing the reaction now is more visceral for people. “So that's something that I just started doing because it's a deep-seated trauma that it's hard to make funny when it's something that I constantly have a visceral reaction about, like fireworks or loud noises, doors slamming.
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