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British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ a b “British Muslim Comedy – Sadia Azmat: Things I have been asked as a British Muslim”. BBC iPlayer. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^ a b c Hawkins, Si (17 August 2011). “Finalist Profile: Sadia Azmat”. The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ a b c d e f Azmat, Sadia (2011). “Finalist Profile: Sadia Azmat”. Funny Women. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ a b Summerlin, William (11 August 2011). “Please Hold, You’re Being Transferred to a UK Based Asian Representative”. Broadway Baby. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ “Front Row: In Edinburgh with AL Kennedy; Bobby Crush; Andy Zaltzman”. BBC Radio 4. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ “Desi Central Comedy Tour 2011”. Awaz Media. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ Glasheen, Emma (12 August 2014). “Interview: Sadia Azmat”. FreshAir. Retrieved 1 July 2015.^ “Sisters’ Hour – S01E47”. British Muslim. Retrieved 1 July 2015.^ a b Jones, Alice (25 June 2015). “Ramadan films and HaLOL: the rise of British Muslim Comedy”. The Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^ a b c Badat, Hafeeza (19 June 2015). “British Muslim Comedy Takes Over BBC iPlayer”. Asian Image. Retrieved 1 March 2016.^ Harrison, Phil; Mumford, Gwilym (15 June 2015). “Catch-up TV guide: from All Shook Up to British Muslim Comedy”. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^ Gardiner, Melanie (6 August 2015). “UK Muslim lifestyle expo hailed a success”. ExhibitionWorld. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^ Beckerleg, Mel (30 July 2015). “Couple organise Muslim lifestyle expo”. Aylesbury: Bucks Herald. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^ Harrison, Phil (6 September 2015). “Morning Stories: Love Can Be Unfair”. Sky News. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^ “Sadia Azmat on PM’s language comments”. BBC News. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^ Bell, Poorna; Rajan, Nitya (1 March 2016). “Asian Women Talk About The Dumbass Stereotypes They Deal With While Dating, And It’s Hilarious AF”. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 May 2017.^ Frances-White, Deborah; Marsha, Shandur (2013). Off the Mic: The World’s Best Stand-Up Comedians Get Serious About Comedy. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. p.\u00a036. ISBN\u00a0978-1472526380.^ a b “Sadia Azmat”. The Glee Club. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ Ajderian, Jennifer (10 August 2011). “ED2011 Comedy Review: Please Hold, You’re Being Transferred To A UK Based Asian Representative (Sadia Azmat \/ Laughing Horse Free Festival)”. Edinburgh: ThreeWeeks. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ “Funny Women Awards Final”. London Is Funny. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ “Past Finalists”. Funny Women. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ “It’s no ‘red or black’ for Awards quarter and semi-final”. Funny Women. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ Aird, Jon (12 October 2011). “Funny Women”. BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2013.^ “The King is Queen of Comedy”. tiemotalkofthetown. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/sadia-azmat-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Sadia Azmat – Wikipedia"}}]}]