August 21, 2025 
The Student
Comedy duo Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib bring the strongest stage presence that I have ever seen, in their show 2 Muslim 2 Furious 2: Go Halal or Go Home. Based on their own experiences and creating jokes on the stereotypes of being a Muslim, they confidently relay themselves, holding the audience in the palms of their hands as the room fills loudly with laughter.Being an Asian, Muslim woman myself, and having lived amongst Muslim communities, I fear I have to mention that most of these jokes are ones I’ve already heard growing up. They felt slightly unoriginal, and were more directed to entertain a White audience. Muslim friends who had accompanied me to the show even argued that they themselves could stand up on stage and complete a comedy show at this point – if it meant that all they had to do was repeat simple jokes that we’ve said amongst ourselves. They ranged from the simple “bomb joke”, Asian aunties, struggles with walking through the airport without being deemed “suspicious”, and of course, the ritualistic way of having a crush on a White boy as an Asian daughter.It felt like there were only a few jokes directed toward a Muslim audience, such as a comment on a “sheep being slaughtered”, quickly followed by a quip “This one’s for the Muslims [in the audience]”. The one that stuck and hit me with the most laughter was the following exchanged of dialogue:Hasan: You don’t know what type of Muslim you are?Aisha: No, I know what I am. I’m one of the good ones!In addition to that, the comedy set held a recurring joke of “converting” audience members to Islam: “A special shout-out to Brother Anthony, who was ‘converted’ to Brother Abdullah!”A favourite segment in particular was shown in the first half of the show, following the titular structure of a popular game show: “Who Wants To Be a Muslim Heir?”. With questions and answers as hilarious as they come, audience members try to win the label “Muslim Heir”; comparatively, the second half lacked a certain something. It may be due to the first half being a set shared between the duo, whilst the latter half included individual sets split between them, seeming as if they chucked this into the show at the last minute just to fill up the 1-hour time slot.Despite this, not once did I stop smiling and laughing during their show. I’m unsure whether this was based on following the non-Muslims laughing rambunctiously throughout, or if instead it was due to the way the comedy duo hold themselves (both confidently and humorously). But representation still counts as representation — so we’ll take what we can get! Click Here For Review