Shaparak Khorsandi
Shaparak Khorsandi
Shaparak Khorsandi, who previously performed as Shappi Khorsandi, is an Iranian-born British comedian and author. She is the daughter of the Iranian political satirist and poet Hadi Khorsandi.
"My little sister, she got me on Facebook because I was on MySpace: "No, no, no. You dont want to be on MySpace, you want to be on Facebook!" So I joined both. But I keep muddling them up, so I keep asking people to come on MyFace. Still, eighty thousand friends!"
"I dont know if I would have been a stand-up comedian in Iran because, as you know, the government advocates free speech... but theres no freedom after youve spoken... It gets a bit deathy."
