28. Fatiha El Ghorri

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.5 • 567 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Stand-up comedian Fatiha El Ghorri is in the studio to talk Russell through her Wonderbox offerings, including ramadan, baby fat and birds in the wind. It’s a fascinating chat that covers Moroccan family life, and what it’s like being a female Muslim comedian in the UK. It's a lot of fun; Fatiha doesn't hold back. Fatiha is currently working on her first novel ‘The Perks of my Hijab’ which is coming out in April 2025. It’s a YA book about a 13-year old growing up in the UK wearing her hijab, and it promises to be funny and uplifting. You can pre-order it from many good book websites, not just the big one named after a river. You can check out the pre-release webpage on Simon & Schuster’s website (for they are the publishers) here. Russell will be back with more Wonderbox next week. Until then have a lovely week, don’t rush, take it slow, enjoy yourself. Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The weight is over. Last One Laughing is back and it's even more brutal than last time. Share your biggest regrets. I don't regret this haircut. What did you ask for? The Shaggy Slim Shady? Joining us this series we have... Romish Wengrenner Nathan, Diane Morgan, David Mitchell, Mel Gedroich, Amy Gledhill, Alan Carr, Bemi Sola, Ike Melo, Sam Campbell, Maisie Adam and Bob Mortimer.
0:21.5	Anyone want a song?
0:23.3	No.
0:24.3	Last One Laughing, new series, watch now. Only on Prime Video.
0:30.9	Hello, my guest this week is a British Moroccan comedian and soon to be author.
0:43.1	She's making a name for herself with her shows that take the piss out of preconceptions about Muslim women.
0:48.6	This is Fatia El Gorey's Wonderbox.
0:55.3	Fatia, yes. Lovely to see you. Lovely to see you. El Gorey's Wonderbox. Fatya.
0:56.2	Yes.
0:56.5	Lovely to see you.
0:57.6	Lovely to see you too, Habibi.
0:59.4	Thank you for having me.
1:00.7	I love that word.
1:01.9	That's so weird that you would say that because whenever I remember going on the holiday in
1:06.0	Egypt and there was a song that kept playing.
1:08.0	It was like, Habibi.
1:09.3	So me and my wife often say Habibi to each other, which means kind of my friend or... My love or my darling. Yeah, yeah. It's a beautiful world. But is it one of those words that means many things? No, it means what you said. You can either be like, my love, you can say in affection.
1:28.0	That's what I mean, but Habibi, presumably means my love.
1:31.6	Comey. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But Habibi, all right. Hello, Mum. Yeah, exactly. Like, do you mean? I just want to make sure. Or even, like, my sister's got cats, even sometimes. I'm like, oh, Habibi, why are you doing this, Habibi?
1:42.5	You know, my mom speaks Arabic to them, but anyway.
1:45.5	Oh, that's interesting.
1:46.6	She got bilingual catch.
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