Bio
Dean Obeidallah is a lawyer turned writer, radio host and award-winning comedian. He has been using his skills to both entertain and educate people for years on everything from political issues to countering bigotry.
He鈥檚 the host of SiriusXM radio鈥檚 national daily program 鈥淭he Dean Obeidallah show鈥 as well as writes regularly for CNN.com Opinion, MSNBC Daily and Salon.com. Dean co-starred in Comedy Central鈥檚 鈥淎xis of Evil鈥 special and has appeared on ABC鈥檚 鈥淕ood Morning America鈥 and 鈥淭he View,鈥 Comedy Central鈥檚 鈥淭he Nightly Show,鈥 鈥淐omics Unleashed鈥 and can be seen frequently on MSNBC.
Dean is the co-creator鈥攁long with Maysoon Zayid鈥攐f the annual New York American Comedy Festival. He co-created the comedy show 鈥淪tand up for Peace鈥 along with Jewish comic Scott Blakeman that they perform at colleges across the country in support of fostering understanding between Muslim and Jewish-Americans.
Dean is the co-director/co-producer of the comedy documentary entitled 鈥淭he Muslims are Coming!鈥 featuring a stand-up comedy tour of Muslim-American comedians performing free shows across the South and West in the hopes of countering anti-Muslim bigotry. The film features interviews with a cross section of luminaries including The Daily Show鈥檚 Jon Stewart, MSNBC鈥檚 Rachel Maddow, comedians Lewis Black, David Cross and many more.
Dean has performed comedy and spoken at events across the United States at colleges, corporations and comedy clubs.
Featured work
Nov 17, 2025
From The Joke Files: A Comedy and Censorship Roundtable