Muslim comic stands up for tolerance, diversity

Indonesia’s first hijabi standup comedian Sakdiyah Ma’ruf brings tolerance center stage as host of the United Journalists for Diversity (SEJUK) Awards Gala in Jakarta next month. It’s Ma’ruf’s latest effort to combat extremism and promote tolerance through humor.

Totally globalized native New Yorker and former broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is a blogger for Forbes, editor at large for Inside Asian Gaming and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about television news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his bio, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook and Twitter @MuhammadCohen.

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