Hassan Elfadul.
Best Act at the 2026 MICF Awards, for his set in Free Palestine.
The show
Free Palestine.
Free Palestine was an anti-Zionist comedy show: an hour of stand-up, sketches and personal stories in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Jewish, Muslim and Palestinian comedians shared the stage, and the festival announced that all profits would go to Youth Without Borders.
The announced line-up was Tareq al-Hendi, festival president Rachel Arieff, Hassan Elfadul, Mehdi Mahtaj, Omar and Daniel Salazar.
- When: Friday 2 October 2026, 22:00
- Where: Teatro Off Latina
- Language: English
The award
Relaxed, and honest.
Hassan walked on stage completely relaxed, like he was chatting with friends at a bar. That calm is part of the joke. He talks about growing up in Sudan, a country that has been through war and very hard times, and somehow the room ends up laughing with him, not at him.
That is the hardest thing in comedy: taking real pain and making it funny without making it small. Hassan does it with simple, honest words. In a show like Free Palestine, where the subject was heavy and everyone was there for a reason, it hit even harder.
The same day he also led تجديد إقامة, an Arabic comedy night at Tropicana about life away from home and living in Spain.
Thank you, Hassan, for bringing your stand-up to two very different rooms on the same night. Congratulations.