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The Middle Eastern Comedy Festival depends on the generous support of our sponsors who believe that we can indeed make a marked difference in the way Middle Easterners are portrayed by Hollywood. If you would like to help us in our endeavor, we welcome your tax-deductible support in any denomination.



You can either donate by check or by credit card.

Please make all checks payable to:

Two Happy Arabs
1348 N. Vista St., #2
Los Angeles, CA 90046

To donate by credit card securely through PayPal, please click on the link below:

By being a part of the MECF, you will reach:

  • A large audience of Middle Easterners living in Southern California either attending the Festival personally or aware of it through an extensive media outreach campaign. There are approximately 2 million Middle Easterners in Southern California.
  • Top Hollywood players that will be personally contacted to learn more about the Festival and invited to attend. These will include executives, producers, directors and casting directors at every major studio and network, as well as high-profile comedians, actors and writers.
  • Industry and media in the Middle East, through international publicity outreach and interviews.
  • Non-Middle Easterners in Los Angeles and Southern California who attend the performances and/or hear about the Festival through advertising, publicity and word-of-mouth.


Sponsorship

$25,000 – Presenting Sponsor.  You or your company name will be listed as the official presenter of the Middle Eastern Comedy Festival and will be mentioned every time the name of the Festival is mentioned (for example, “XYZ Corporation presents the Middle Eastern Comedy Festival”). This includes press releases, television interviews, advertisements and announcements. Your company will also receive up to 25 VIP tickets to any one performance or combination of performances**, and a full-color, full-page advertisement on the front, inside panel of our commemorative program.

$10,000 – Gala or "Best of the Fest" Sponsor. You or your company will be the exclusive sponsor of either our Opening Night Brown Carpet Gala or our Closing Night "Best of the Fest" Showcase, and your company name will be mentioned twice throughout said show, and your logo included in any advertisement.  You will receive up to 20 VIP tickets to any one performance or combination of performances**, and a full-color, full-page advertisement on the back, inside panel of our commemorative program.

$5,000 – Sketch Night Sponsor. You or your company will be the exclusive sponsor of one of our Sketch Nights, and your company name will be mentioned twice throughout each show (2 shows per night), and your logo will be included in any advertisement.  You will receive 15 VIP tickets to any one performance or combination of performances**, as well as a full-page advertisement inside our commemorative program.

$2,500 – Sultan.  You or your company will receive a full-page advertisement inside our commemorative program and you will be recognized in the program among all of our gracious sponsors.  You will also receive up to 10 VIP tickets to any one performance or combination of performances**.

$1,001 – Arabian Knight.  You or your company will receive a full-page advertisement inside our commemorative program and you will be recognized in the program among all of our gracious sponsors.  You will also receive up to 6 VIP tickets to any one performance or combination of performances**.

$500 – Genie.  You or your company will receive a half-page advertisement inside our commemorative program and you will be recognized in the program among all of our gracious sponsors.  You will also receive up to 4 VIP tickets to any one performance or combination of performances**.

$100 or Less. – Help support our inaugural festival and give a “shout out” to your homeland by being recognized in our program under one the following headings. Let’s find out which country gives us the most support!

  • Egyptian Magician
  • Perfect Persian
  • Lovely Lebanese
  • Kool Kuwaiti
  • Look’n Fine in Palestine
  • Irresistible Israelis
  • Amazing Armenian
  • UAE, Ya You Know Me!
  • Serendipitously Syrian
  • Rowdy Saudi
  • Air Jordanian
  • Turkish Delight
  • Quintessential Qatari
  • Not Middle Eastern But We Love You Anyway
  • And Anyone else who we may have forgotten.

In Kind Sponsor. – The Festival is made possible in part through generous in-kind sponsorship as well (e.g. venues, catering, publicity, printing, videography, etc.).  If you would like to discuss how you can support the Festival in-kind, please do not hesitate to contact us!

To become one of our sponsors, or if you have any questions regarding the Festival, contact Ryan P. Shrime here.



* Two Happy Arabs, incorporated in the state of California, is a non-profit organization under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

** Due to limited seating and anticipated high demand for our Brown Carpet opening night Stand-Up performance, VIP tickets used for that performance will be limited at the discretion of the Festival producers.