Soran Ismail (born December 3, 1987, in Iran), is a Swedish Kurdish comedian, TV personality and author of Kurdish descent who as an immigrant grew up in Knivsta, Uppsala County and lived most of his life in Sweden.[1] He is well known for his participation in several TV and radio shows with a humour profile and has toured Sweden together with Magnus Betnér with a show called En skam för Sverige (A Shame for Sweden).[2] His various television projects include the documentary Absolut svensk (Absolutely Swedish) where he examines ethnic identity and every day racism in Sweden.[3] This is also the title of his book released in 2017 (Absolut svensk : en ID-handling).[4]
- ^ "Comedian Soran Ismail: 'Someone's gotta laugh' - The Local". Archived from the original on 2014-03-06.
- ^ Ismail och Betnér åker på turné med ”En skam för Sverige 2”, Dagens Nyheter, April 5, 2016
- ^ Absolut svensk Samhällsprogram med Soran Ismail”, Sveriges television, 2015
- ^ Bokrecension: Soran Ismail om rasisten i oss alla”, Dagens Nyheter, September 21, 2017