Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata’s sharp and original stand-up, combined with her quick-wit and crowd pleasing conversational delivery has brought her appearances on Comedy Central’s The Watch List, Just Like Us: The Movie and several guest appearances on Sirius Satellite Radio. Her essays have been published all over the world, from the Italian magazine Stripped Stories to Kuwait’s Bazaar.

Maria has been invited to perform in numerous comedy festivals, such as the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, the New York Underground Comedy Festival, The Los Angeles Middle Eastern Comedy Festival, the Women In Comedy Festival, and the San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival. She has been seen in theatres from coast to coast, including Town Hall with Maz Jobrani in New York City, and with the Arab’s Gone Wild Comedy Tour at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.

Maria’s comedy has taken her from suburban life in Columbus, Ohio, to New York City and now Los Angeles, where she brings to the stage a point of view that is hilarious, unique, and yet still universal. Watch out for Maria on Bridging the Gap airing on Showtime!

Maria’s stand up has been seen on Comedy Central’s The Watch List, Just Like Us: The Movie, and Showtime’s Bridging the Gap.

Maria's has been invited to perform in numerous comedy festivals, such as the New York Underground Comedy Festival, the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, The Los Angeles Middle Eastern Comedy Festival, and the San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival. With her universal appeal, she has performed all over the world including Palestine, Doha, and Paris, and for the US troops in Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Turkey and the Bahamas.

Maria is one of six comedians featured in The Cradle of Comedy, a documentary on Middle Eastern comedians, set to air nationally in Australia. Currently, you can catch Maria on her weekly podcast, Little Ethnic Girls, on RadioTitans.com!