Hasan Minhaj, a senior correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, will work with PEN America on a new project. They plan to launch a new event series called “The M Word.”
Here’s more from the press release: “‘The M Word,’ a new series of public events launching this fall, will provide a platform for Muslim-American writers and cultural figures to address audiences on their own terms—highlighting the art forms, narratives, and identities that influence their work—and to challenge the prevailing narrow representations of highly diverse Muslim communities comprised of more than three million Americans. The series is underwritten by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Building Bridges Program.”
The inaugural event for this series, “The M Word: Muslims Comedians on the Right to Joke,” will take place at the Public Theater’s Joe’s Pub on Sept. 21. Some of the participants include Minhaj, filmmaker Negin Farsad, comedian Mo Amer, actress Phoebe Robinson, and playwright Wajahat Ali as moderator.