Ali Sultan

Winner of 2018 Best of The Midwest contest at Gilda’s Laugh Fest and Stories with my Muslim Mom podcast host Ali Sultan saw his first stand up comedian when he moved to America from Yemen at the age of 15. He grew the desire to go on stage but first he needed to learn English. First year he made local history by being the first to win both Acme’s Funniest Person along with House of Comedy’s Funniest Person contest.

Ali began his comedy adventure to become the first professional Yemeni American comedian to be featured on Television when Kevin Hart hand picked him to perform on Comedy Central’s Hart of The City. In 2018 he filmed two specials one for Wanda Sykes’ Epix’s Unprotected Sets and was flown to Dubai to film the first half hour specials for Comedy Central Arabia. He was named both Best Local Comic by Minneapolis City Pages and 2018 Artist of the year,

Ali is a regular performer at the legendary Acme Comedy Club, New York Arab American Fest, and he was named "Top 5 comedian to watch" by Growler magazine, one of 15 Arab Americans to steal the spotlight by ArabAmerica.com and featured by tpt PBS and Funny or Die for his sketch work. He was also named one of the Biggest Comic in the Middle East by Esquire.

Past Shows


Aug
2
nd
2019
The Cedar Cultural Center
Aug
2
nd
2019
The Cedar Cultural Center

Yamaneika Saunders

with Ali Sultan

More Shows

Feb
20
th
Fine Line

Jamie Miller

Dec
7
th
Turf Club

Bloodline, Vinny Franco and the Love Channel, Tarias and the Sound, and The Dalmatian Club

Dec
5
th
Turf Club

Little Fevers

with Pleasure Horse, Betty Won't and Echo Parlor
May
7
th
Palace Theatre

Amyl and The Sniffers

with Sheer Mag