Shazia Mirza
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Shazia Mirza (born 3 October 1976) is a comedian from Birmingham in England, whose act revolves around her Muslim faith.
About a year into her stand-up comedy career, she gained UK-wide publicity in the months when the world was coming to terms with the September 11, 2001 attacks. This was because at this time she would perform her act in recognisable hijab dress and begin with the deadpan remark, "My name is Shazia Mirza. At least, that's what it says on my pilot's licence."
In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In recent years, she has performed stand-up at the Edinburgh Fringe to great acclaim, and, since 2006, has been writing a popular fortnightly column in The New Statesman magazine.
[edit] Jokes
- "When I was at university, boys would ask me to go with them to concerts but I was too embarrassed to tell them my parents didn't allow me to go, so I would say I'd rather be at home bouncing pennies off my hymen."
- "On the morning I was invited to Buckingham Palace, I got in a rickshaw, and the man said, 'This is the first time I've picked up someone sober' because a rickshaw is the transport equivalent of a kebab."
- "Primark is a bit like being bisexual. No one admits to going there but everyone has a dabble."
- "I can't understand women who wear necklaces with 'Mum' written on them. I don't wear a necklace saying 'frigid'."
