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Younis Dhaher
Younis Dhaher is an Iraqi-born, Chicago-based comedian, storyteller, and artist building one connected story across stand-up, music, and live rooms.
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Younis Dhaher is a Chicago-based comedian, storyteller, and artist. Born in Baghdad and raised in the Midwest, he blends sharp stand-up with a lived narrative backbone, building rooms that feel funny, human, and hard to forget. He has performed at Netflix Is A Joke Festival and in 2023 was accepted into Harvard's Design Thinking and Innovation program. Alongside comedy, he is releasing an autobiographical music trilogy: '92 Barcelona, '97 Baghdad, and '03 Rockford.
Selected Milestones
- Performed at Netflix Is A Joke Festival.
- Featured for 21 Savage, Russell Peters, Maz Jobrani, and Ahmed AlBasheer.
- Accepted into Harvard's Design Thinking and Innovation program in 2023.
- Performs stand-up in Arabic across the Middle East.
- First Iraqi-American to perform stand-up comedy in Jordan's history at the Cultural Palace.
- Writes for TV and film.