Hasan Al-habib

Arab. Muslim. Brummy. Hasan Al-Habib is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer & actor. A practising Muslim, he appeared as one of the ‘Pilgrims’ in the latest series of Pilgrimage, which aired over Easter this year on the BBC. Hasan performed at the Midlands regional heats of the BBC New Comedy Awards 2024, won the 2023 Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award and was a finalist at the 2022 Chortle Student Comedy Awards After selling out his double act show 2 Muslim 2 Furious at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024, Hasan made his solo debut in 2025 with Death To The West (Midlands) – a love letter to his Iraqi heritage and upbringing in Birmingham – selling out his run and multiple extra shows. DTTWM has already received a nomination for Best Debut at the 2025 Leicester Comedy Festival Awards. Following a very successful debut run at the Soho Theatre in November 2025, Hasan has taken Death To The West (Midlands) on tour across the UK, as well as to international comedy festivals, including Sydney and Perth. He has recently announced further dates in the autumn. Credits One Person Found This Helpful (BBC Radio 4) Evil Genius (BBC Radio 4) Quotes “Deliciously funny” – The Guardian “Hasan Al-Habib will be famous” – Rolling Stone “There’s material here for Live at the Apollo” – ★★★★ The Scotsman on “Death To The West (Midlands)”