| Fatiha El-Ghorri | |
| Birth Date: | 1981 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Hackney, London, United Kingdom |
| Medium: | Stand-up, television |
| Nationality: | British |
Fatiha El-Ghorri is a British comedian and writer. Born in Hackney, London, she has been appearing on British television since 2020, including as a cast member of the second series of the Dave comedy game show Outsiders in 2022.
El-Ghorri's family are from the town of Larache in Morocco.[1] She was born in the London borough of Hackney, where she grew up as one of thirteen siblings. Her father died when she was six years old.[2]
Before beginning her career, El-Ghorri was married and divorced twice.
El-Ghorri is Muslim and wears a hijab; she has spoken publicly about "smashing the stereotypes people have of Muslim, hijabi women".[3] She is also bilingual, speaking English and Dārija, the Moroccan dialect of Arabic.[4]
Around 2015, following her second divorce, El-Ghorri began a course on comedy writing and performance which she found through the online platform Meetup.[2] She went on to pursue a career in stand-up comedy; by 2019 she had been a finalist in Funny Women in London and the Max Turner Prize,[5] and toured as part of the Super Muslim Comedy Tour alongside Esther Manito and Abdullah Afzal.[6] El-Ghorri has performed around the UK, in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall,[2] and in Dubai.[3] In 2023, she began a solo Work in Progress tour across the UK.[1]
On television, El-Ghorri performed her stand-up on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in 2020, and on The Russell Howard Hour on Sky Max in 2021.[1] She has also become a frequent guest on panel shows and talk shows, including Sorry, I Didn't Know and The Jonathan Ross Show in 2021, Big Zuu's Big Eats in 2022, and Guessable and in 2023.[7] El-Ghorri was one of six comedian cast members on the second series of the survival-themed game show Outsiders, hosted by David Mitchell.[8]
El-Ghorri has also made several notable appearances on podcasts, including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster and The Guilty Feminist.[4]