Tissa Hami is an Iranian-American stand-up comic. Visit her website at http://www.tissahami.com/.
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- To the people who've pissed me off this week -- part deux 10:57am Nov 7|2 Comments
- Hey Tissa, how come your parents almost named you Tegma? 11:41am Sep 23|5 Comments
- Hey Tissa, how come you have 4 birthdays? 9:57am Sep 22|2 Comments
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Tissa Hami This is my dad's favorite joke. It's a wonder I ever became a comedian.... "If you see a man opening the car door for his wife, either his car is new, or his wife is."
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Join us this Saturday, 12/12 as part of United4Iran's "Global Celebration of Human Rights through Arts & Culture." http://www.facebook.com/search/?ref=sear
A Literary Reading to Mark the Six-Month Anniversary of the Iranian Elections
Location:San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium
Time:2:00PM Saturday, December 12th
Tissa Hami
Join us this Saturday, 12/12 as part of United4Iran's "Global Celebration of Human Rights through Arts & Culture." http://www.payvand.com/news/09/dec/1051.
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Iran News Article
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Sacramento peeps! Come to our show this Saturday at the beautiful, 1000-seat Crest Theatre! http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=
Taping for a Coexist Comedy Tour live concert film
Location:1013 K St. Sacramento, CA
Time:8:00PM Saturday, December 5th
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Dear Verizon: When I called and asked you to ADD a text messaging plan to my cell phone, I was not in fact asking you to CANCEL my text messaging capabilities. Yet you did just that. WTF?
Tissa Hami E-mail sent to my manager by a young Muslim woman: "I am not sure how old Tissa is, I am sure she is 'on the shelf' otherwise why would she undertake this kind of 'career', I am a sister and I am aware how hard it is to get married but honestly did you really need to get into comedy?"
Tissa Hami This is the line that got the biggest response/laugh/applause at my reading last week: "Nobody cares about your baby."
Tissa Hami Amazing authors, great cause! Be there this Thursday at 6:30pm at Cafe Royale in SF to hear Iranian-American authors Shahrnush Parsipur (Women Without Men), Anita Amirrezvani (The Blood of Flowers), Mahbod Seraji (Rooftops of Tehran), and Persis Karim (Let Me Tell You Where I've Been) read from their work and raise mo...ney for Amnesty International USA. I'll be there too, reading something super sassy. You don't want to miss this! http://www.insidestorytime.com/
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Tissa Hami Best compliment after Saturday night's show (from a 14-year-old Iranian-American girl): "Do you, um, have an opening for a best friend?"
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is performing with other Iranian-American artists -- musicians, dancers, actors -- this Saturday at 8pm at Central Stage in Richmond. Be there! http://www.centralstage.org/Site/Welcome
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I've seen a lot of people doing a lot of things this week that I just don't understand. This is an open letter to those people. Here we go......
Tissa Hami
http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/
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Faves and raves by Tissa Hami Personal stats AGE: 36 YEARS IN THE CITY: Two NEIGHBORHOOD: Russian Hill OCCUPATION: Stand-up comic, speaker, writer and activist
Tissa Hami Hey, fans! Looking for a break from your workday? I've posted a bunch of funny, quirky stories recently with schnazzy titles like "Hey Tissa, how come you have 4 birthdays?" and "What the heck is crawling around in my bra?" Click on my pic to go to my Fan Page and check them out!
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Read my essay about living with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. September is PCOS awareness month. Are you aware? http://www.iranian.com/main/blog/tissa/w
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Organic NUTritionist recently wrote a blog entry called "What can cause you to be overweight?", in which he/she mentioned Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Since September is PCOS awareness month, I wanted to share my story in hopes of raising awareness about this disorder.
