Fatiha El-Ghorri | |
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Born | Hackney, London, United Kingdom | 19 April 1981
Medium | Stand-up, television |
Nationality | British |
Fatiha El-Ghorri is a British comedian and writer. Born in Hackney, London, she has been appearing on British television since 2020, including as a cast member of the second series of the Dave comedy game show Outsiders in 2022.
El-Ghorri's family are from the town of Larache in Morocco. [1] She was born in the London borough of Hackney, where she grew up as one of thirteen siblings. Her father died when she was six years old. [2]
Before beginning her career, El-Ghorri was married and divorced twice.
El-Ghorri is Muslim and wears a hijab; she has spoken publicly about "smashing the stereotypes people have of Muslim, hijabi women". [3] She is also bilingual, speaking English and Dārija, the Moroccan dialect of Arabic. [4]
Around 2015, following her second divorce, El-Ghorri began a course on comedy writing and performance which she found through the online platform Meetup. [2] She went on to pursue a career in stand-up comedy; by 2019 she had been a finalist in Funny Women in London and the Max Turner Prize, [5] and toured as part of the Super Muslim Comedy Tour alongside Esther Manito and Abdullah Afzal. [6] El-Ghorri has performed around the UK, in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, [2] and in Dubai. [3] In 2023, she began a solo Work in Progress tour across the UK. [1]
On television, El-Ghorri performed her stand-up on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in 2020, and on The Russell Howard Hour on Sky Max in 2021. [1] She has also become a frequent guest on panel shows and talk shows, including Sorry, I Didn't Know and The Jonathan Ross Show in 2021, Big Zuu's Big Eats in 2022, and Guessable and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled in 2023. [7] El-Ghorri was one of six comedian cast members on the second series of the survival-themed game show Outsiders, hosted by David Mitchell. [8]
El-Ghorri has also made several notable appearances on podcasts, including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster and The Guilty Feminist. [4]
Fatiha El-Ghorri | |
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Born | Hackney, London, United Kingdom | 19 April 1981
Medium | Stand-up, television |
Nationality | British |
Fatiha El-Ghorri is a British comedian and writer. Born in Hackney, London, she has been appearing on British television since 2020, including as a cast member of the second series of the Dave comedy game show Outsiders in 2022.
El-Ghorri's family are from the town of Larache in Morocco. [1] She was born in the London borough of Hackney, where she grew up as one of thirteen siblings. Her father died when she was six years old. [2]
Before beginning her career, El-Ghorri was married and divorced twice.
El-Ghorri is Muslim and wears a hijab; she has spoken publicly about "smashing the stereotypes people have of Muslim, hijabi women". [3] She is also bilingual, speaking English and Dārija, the Moroccan dialect of Arabic. [4]
Around 2015, following her second divorce, El-Ghorri began a course on comedy writing and performance which she found through the online platform Meetup. [2] She went on to pursue a career in stand-up comedy; by 2019 she had been a finalist in Funny Women in London and the Max Turner Prize, [5] and toured as part of the Super Muslim Comedy Tour alongside Esther Manito and Abdullah Afzal. [6] El-Ghorri has performed around the UK, in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, [2] and in Dubai. [3] In 2023, she began a solo Work in Progress tour across the UK. [1]
On television, El-Ghorri performed her stand-up on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in 2020, and on The Russell Howard Hour on Sky Max in 2021. [1] She has also become a frequent guest on panel shows and talk shows, including Sorry, I Didn't Know and The Jonathan Ross Show in 2021, Big Zuu's Big Eats in 2022, and Guessable and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled in 2023. [7] El-Ghorri was one of six comedian cast members on the second series of the survival-themed game show Outsiders, hosted by David Mitchell. [8]
El-Ghorri has also made several notable appearances on podcasts, including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster and The Guilty Feminist. [4]