Ahmed Ahmed Gets Pryor Award

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 31st, 2004

Rabbi Bob Alper dropped us a line to let us know that he’s qvelling (Yiddish for “exceptionally proud”) to hear the news that Ahmed Ahmed is the winner of the first Richard Pryor Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. (Read all about it here and here.) Alper, you may recall, was comedy partners with Ahmed Ahmed, when the two toured America together shortly after 9-11, garnering plenty of ink and acclaim. Richard Pryor is quoted of saying that Ahmed, “makes people confront their racism and small minds. I see genius in this man.” Oh, I think he’ll be able to find room for that somewhere in the ol’ press kit!