ABout Alaa
Alaa Abu Diab is a comedian, and cultural mirror who turns discomfort, contradiction, and displacement into comedy. He doesn’t perform as a persona , he performs as himself. His humor is not crafted from punchlines; it is crafted from truth.
Comedy is his language of survival, and connection
Alaa didn’t choose comedy, it chose him.
Growing up, humor was his way to make friends, integrate, and feel safe. Later, when he moved countries and felt isolated, he reached for the only tool he ever trusted: comedy.
A single Facebook video became the bridge he built back to belonging.
Comedy is how he makes people listen.
It’s how he processes things bigger than him, It’s how he stays human in a world that often feels too heavy at times.
About the show
“Virtual Reality” is Alaa Abu Diab’s newest special : a comedic, brutally honest dive into the world we think we’re living in, versus the world that’s happening while we’re too busy refreshing our notifications.
With his signature storytelling and political humor, Alaa drags us , lovingly , between two realities: the one we laugh at, and the one we avoid.
In this special, Alaa exposes the glitches in our daily lives, the lies we tell ourselves, and the ridiculous ways we escape reality , one screen at a time.
It’s sharp. It's real. It's painfully funny.
And it leaves you wondering: Are we actually living, or just buffering?
