Ronnie Khalil has headlined across four continents, toured the United States with the "Axis of Evil", performed with "Arabs Gone Wild" and taped two "Friday Night Live" Showtime Comedy specials in Dubai, including "Minorities Rule" and "New World Order." He has performed in sold-out shows across the Middle East and was part of the first-ever Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival in Jordan, as well as numerous other comedy festivals including the New York Underground, NY Arab-American, South Beach, Los Angeles and Boston Comedy Festivals. He was twice invited to "Just for Pitching" at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Ronnie has been featured on sketches for "Conan O'Brian", ABC News, NPR, Air America, CNN and Al Jazeera. Ronnie is also Executive Producer of the first ever Middle Eastern Comedy Festival in Los Angeles, to be held in September 2009, with the goal of changing stereotypes in the Hollywood entertainment industry. In addition to stand-up, Ronnie earned his M.B.A. from the University of Miami, and lectures in colleges throughout the United States regarding success and motivation. His most popular lectures are "Success through C.O.M.E.D.Y." and "Networking: How to Avoid Really Hard Work." Both Ronnie's parents were university professors, and his father is President of Nile University in Cairo, Egypt.