SEASON 2 EPISODE 10

Making 'random' airport security checks an enjoyable experience with Aliya Kanani

When Aliya Kanani was growing up, she dreamed of becoming an actress, but there was one problem: film and television rarely featured anyone who looked like her. In the season finale of Comedy Karma, host Aditya sits down with Aliya Kanani, the Canadian Screen Award-nominated comedian and actress, to talk about embracing her Tanzanian-Indian-Canadian identity, becoming a touring comedian, and what she hopes brown audiences take away from her work. They’ll also laugh through the hilarious stories behind her punchlines - from what it’s like to travel with a Muslim name, to navigating the world as a brown traveller, and her parent's reaction to her comedy career.

Growing up, there was an unspoken truth that all the brown kids wanted to be black or white.
Aliya Kanani, Comedian

Find full episodes of Comedy Karma on the SBS South Asian YouTube channel. Follow the series your podcast app such as the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.

Comedy Karma is created and hosted by Aditya Gautam

Additional Editing by Tarun Tyagi

SBS Team: Joel Supple, Bernadette Phương Nam Nguyễn, Max Gosford and Philip Soliman