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Manal Awad and Fadi Al Shehri are two stand-up comedians who are laughing through conflict. CNN met up with them at the Yas Mall Arab Comedy Festival.

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What makes the Arab world laugh?

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JULY 16: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to his supporters in Istanbul, July 16, 2016, Turkey. Istanbul's bridges across the Bosphorus, the strait separating the European and Asian sides of the city, have been closed to traffic. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced an army coup attempt, that has left atleast 90 dead 1154 injured in overnight clashes in Istanbul and Ankara. (Photo by Defne Karadeniz/Getty Images)

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Republican US presidential hopeful Donald Trump addresses the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference at the Verizon Center March 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Hawaii, USA, Feb 26th 2016: Solar Impulse 2 undertakes a maintenance flight performed by the test pilot Markus Scherdel in Hawaii before the resuming of the First Round-the-World Solar flights late April 2016. The Round-the-World Flight will take 500 flight hours and cover 35000 km. Swiss founders and pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg hope to demonstrate how pioneering spirit, innovation and clean technologies can change the world. The duo will take turns flying Solar Impulse 2, changing at each stop and will fly over the Arabian Sea, to India, to Myanmar, to China, across the Pacific Ocean, to the United States, over the Atlantic Ocean to Southern Europe or Northern Africa before finishing the journey by returning to the initial departure point. Landings will be made every few days to switch pilots and organize public events for governments, schools and universities.

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What makes the Arab world laugh?

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Manal Awad and Fadi Al Shehri are two stand-up comedians who are laughing through conflict. CNN met up with them at the Yas Mall Arab Comedy Festival.

Source: CNN