Sammy Obeid

Sammy K. Obeid (born February 9, 1984) is a Palestinian-American writer and stand-up comedian. He has released one comedy album, Get Funny or Die Tryin. The New York Times described his comedy as displaying "an analytic style full of wordplay, clever misdirection and ethnic humor riffing on his Middle Eastern roots". On his website, Obeid is described as 'Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian-Italian-American'. Obeid is also a host for the Netflix show 100 Humans and the founder of KO Comedy.

Early life Sammy Obeid was born in Oakland, California and was raised in Fremont. He attended Mission San Jose High School and graduated in 2002. Obeid earned bachelor’s degrees in applied mathematics and business administration from UC Berkeley in 2006.

Career After graduating, Obeid became a high school math teacher in Fremont and started performing comedy routines for Ohlone College's speech and debate team, and by 2009 he was performing at local comedy shows around the Bay Area. He won first place in a Bay Area-wide comedy competition in 2008, and he won the Vallejo Music Theatre’s Friday Night Supper Club’s Comedy Clash in 2009.

Obeid was scheduled to perform two shows at the Victoria Theatre in Singapore on August 31, 2025. On August 27, Obeid announced on Instagram that Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) had refused to issue permits for the performance. On September 1, Obeid was issued a Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) correction order for over the claims he was told to edit his script by the regulators. On September 4, the Government of Singapore announced that it had directed Meta and Twitter to issue correction notices, after Obeid did not comply with the correction order. The requirement obliges them to inform users in Singapore who have viewed or may view the posts.

Political activism Obeid is an outspoken advocate for the Palestinian rights, and he frequently incorporates political commentary on Palestine and Israel into his stand-up comedy. He has described his approach to comedy about Palestine as filling a void left by other comedians, stating, "Really, I treat comedy about Palestine like an illegal settler does land in the West Bank. Like, if I do not take this, someone else will". He has also organized an international "Ceasefire Comedy" tour, He has been described as "antisemitic" by JWeekly.

Obeid was interviewed and featured in the award-winning documentary feature film Seeds for Liberation (2026) by director Matthew Solomon. The film discusses the Free Palestine movement.