SP27: Carmen Chraim and little Mahmudi Schmidt

Carmen Chraim is a Lebanese-German comedienne who has been
working as a business consultant in Berlin for about ten years.
She also has been performing stand-up in English, Arabic, French
and German all around Europe for about eight years. As a comedian
she is very quick on her feet and constantly engaging the
audience: If you imagine there are threads stretched from the
comedian to each member of the audience, and given that the
threads are strechted out every time the comedians looks or talks
at a certain person – then at one of Carmen’s shows these
invisible threads would form a hyper-tight spider’s web.


Carmen talks about a bit she played in February 2020, when she
played her one hour solo show for the last time. In the bit she
talks about German-Arabic relationships and how to improve them
in the years to come. As a metaphor for cultures growing more and
more accustomed to each other, she introduces the concept of
little German-Arabic boy called Mahmudi Schmidt. (Or is it
Schmitt? Who knows.) Besides, she explains how heckling at a
comedy show made her try stand-up herself and what comedians can
learn by hosting shows.


Carmen’s website (you can watch the bit there)


Carmen’s Podcast People of Carmen


Carmen Chraim on Instagram


Carmen on Facebook


Carmen’s Twitter profile