Noam Shouster is a freelance comedian, performer, peacebuilder and activist. She has performed in a variety of venues, including East Jerusalem, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Rwanada. Performing fluently in three languages (Arabic, English, and Hebrew), she talks about growing up in Neve Shalom (Wahat al-Salam), a mixed Jewish-Arab community. Her content has gone viral in Arab countries. In 2018, she was named the “New Jewish Comedian of the Year” in London. The same year, she was also the first Jewish performer in the Palestine Comedy Festival. She was also the Director of the “Interpeace” program in Israel, a UN based Peacebuilding initiative aimed to engage populations normally excluded in the traditional peace camp (Orthodox Jews, religious leaders, Russian speakers, traditional right-wing voters, etc.). In 2016, she was the speaker at the Peace and Security plenary as part of “One Young World” conference, the largest young changemakers conference in the world in Bangkok.

Noam will be at Harvard for the full 2019–⁠20 academic year. During this time, she will write, develop, direct, showcase and create a one-woman biographical comedy act. It will attempt to find the lines between direct activism and comedy/satire to influence the hearts and minds of audiences about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Middle East at large.