{"id":1086,"date":"2017-10-17T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anokhiawards.com\/?page_id=1086"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:44:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T19:44:13","slug":"ali-hassan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anokhiawards.com\/talent-2017\/ali-hassan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Hassan"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_color=”#e01483″ bg_position=”center top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” video_color_mask=”rgba(0,0,0,0.5)” video_opacity=”0″ min_height=”80″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”20″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h1″ color=”#ffffff” size=”60″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”50″ size_phone=”40″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Montserrat” font_type=”google” align=”center”]Talent[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true”][vc_column][mk_divider style=”thin_solid” thin_single_color=”#54548a” thickness=”10″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1508212551592{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #101e53 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1083″ img_size=”full” css_animation=”left-to-right”][mk_social_networks size=”x-large” style=”circle” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_hover_color=”#de0081″ align=”center” facebook=”https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/standupali” twitter=”https:\/\/twitter.com\/standupali” instagram=”https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/standupali\/” youtube=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9v9P03PZXRY”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”28″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”25″ size_phone=”20″ font_weight=”100″ letter_spacing=”1″ margin_top=”5″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Maven+Pro” font_type=”google” responsive_align=”left”]Ali Hassan<\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1508854410001{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]Awards Show Host, Actor, Comedian, CBC Host.[\/vc_column_text][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”28″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”25″ size_phone=”20″ font_weight=”100″ letter_spacing=”1″ margin_top=”5″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Maven+Pro” font_type=”google” responsive_align=”left”]Testimonial<\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1508856653021{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]In 2014, he was the first person to perform comedy at the our show, before presenting a comedy award to Lily Singh.\u00a0 In 2015, he won the same award himself. And now, in 2017, Ali Hassan will be the first person in the 10-year history of the event to host the entire Awards show! We are pleased to welcome actor, comedian, CBC host, Ali Hassan, who had this to say about the union:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like Raj can’t help but promote me every year! Hotstar Presents The ANOKHI Awards 2017 is going to be an absolutely great night, with some of the expected awards show stuff, but also a ton of completely unexpected moments.\u00a0 I’ve been waiting a long time for a platform like this. Thank you ANOKHI!\u00a0 And what are YOU waiting for?\u00a0 Get your tickets asap at www.anokhiawards.com<\/a>!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Ali Hassan, Awards Show Host, Actor, Comedian, CBC Host<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”28″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”25″ size_phone=”20″ font_weight=”100″ letter_spacing=”1″ margin_top=”5″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Maven+Pro” font_type=”google” responsive_align=”left”]Bio<\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1508249709459{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]Ali Hassan is a comedian, actor and television and radio personality.<\/p>\n

On television, Ali recently starred in an episode of Designated Survivor<\/em> on ABC and he will be on VICE\u2019s upcoming show, Fubar.<\/em> In the past year, he has appeared as a recurring character on FXX\u2019s Man Seeking Woman<\/em>, PBS Kids\u2019 Odd Squad<\/em> and CTV\u2019s Cardinal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

CBC fans will recognize Ali as the host of Laugh Out Loud<\/em> (CBC Radio One, SiriusXM) and the host of the nationally televised annual battle of the books, Canada Reads<\/em>. \u00a0\u00a0Ali is also a frequent guest-host of q<\/em>, the leading arts and culture program in Canada, reaching an audience of 3 million people weekly across North America.<\/p>\n

Ali is a comedy festival favorite who honed his solo show, Muslim Interrupted<\/em>, on a 26 date run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016. Since that time, he has been touring the show across Canada.\u00a0 He has performed 16 shows in 12 Canadian cities, including at the Just for Laughs<\/em> festival in Montreal.\u00a0 This show has become as much about entertaining audiences as it is about informing<\/u> them – something especially pertinent opposite the current global political and social climate.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1508859988725{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]#hotstarANOKHI17 Show Host Comedian Ali Hassan<\/strong><\/p>\n