Justin Marozzi

Is there anything left worth joking about?

Two new books tackle the difficult issue of comedy on the front line – caught between the cancel culture and jihadist retribution

Louis CK, one of America’s most controversial stand-up comedians. Credit: Getty Images

  • Don’t Applaud: Either Laugh or Don’t

    Andrew Hankinson

    Scribe, pp. 400, £14

  • Joking About Jihad: Comedy and Terror in the Arab World

    Gilbert Ramsay and Moutaz Alkheder

    Hurst, pp. 296, £25

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