Mohanad Elshieky is a New York based, Libyan born comedian who made his national TV debut on Conan, has been featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Don’t Tell Comedy, Comedy Central, This American Life, and has toured with Pop Up Magazine. In 2025, Mohanad released his first stand up special with Comedy Dynamics titled NO NEED TO ADDRESS ME. The special received critical acclaim for its sharp joke-writing and was listed as a top comedy special on DECIDER and made the “Best Of List” on NPR’S BULLSEYE WITH JESSE THORN. Mohanad is currently a regular at the Comedy Cellar in NYC. He is a writer/consultant for the hit podcast WAIT WAIT DON’T TELL ME and previously wrote for LOVETT OR LEAVE IT. Mohanad was one of the hosts of Lemonada’s podcast I’M SORRY where each week they unravel the latest and greatest in twitter gaffes, petty beef and not-so-subtle shade. He has also been featured in Kumail Nanjiani’s LITTLE AMERICA book.