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01 February 2007
- The Independant
The Anvil, Basingstoke
In 2001, the Muslim comic Shazia Mirza leapt to the attention of the media with her infamous post-September 11 joke
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01 November 2006
- DNA Mumbai
From Britain with love, and laughter
Mirza, who has been routinely heckled in London and inundated with hate mail, spent an incident-less evening in Mumbai.
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01 November 2006
- Hindustan Times
The only thing sacred was comedy
The beachfront mocha at Juhu must have set a record on Thursday night. Never before has the café been packed to the hilt for a live performance as it was for British-Pakistani stand-up comic Shazia Mirsa's act.
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01 June 2006
- The Evening Standard
Soho Theatre
Written by: Bruce Dessau
Having first made a splash by performing i Muslim dress and doing terrorism gags, Shazia Mirza has latterly been diping her toes in the mainstream.
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12 August 2005
- The Independant
The stand-up revolution
Written by: Johann Hari
It's beyond a joke: comics at the Edinburgh Fringe have been addressing difficult political issues - and getting lots of laughs in the process.
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