On April 14th, 2012, some of this community’s favorite artists performed at the Aqsa Seniors’ Senior Entertainment Night. Among the many artists was Yousef Erakat aka FouseyTube from California, Subhi Taha aka SubeeTube from Texas, Mohammed Omar aka Ugly Moe, Khaled M, Abdullah Shukur, and Firket Al-Azdeekah from Chicago. The event took place at the Rosemont Center with an unprecedented number of 1000 guests. Guests came from places ranging from Texas to Wisconsin to Ohio as well as Chicago. Guests began lining up at the door as early as six hours before the show. As security allowed guests to enter and students diligently worked on admitting them, the suspense in the room began to grow. Nearly fifteen minutes into admission, the hall was alf filled. The show promptly began at 6:00PM with the introduction of Ugly Moe, the MC for the night. As the crowd hugged their stomachs from laughter due to his premiere of Ugliest Face, it was time to usher in the next performer, Abdullah Shukur, who sang five songs with utter talent. With the guests amazed with Shukur’s performance, Subhi Taha took the stage. Performing nearly 30 minutes of standup comedy, he had the guests laughing from his impersonation of an airport security guard overseas ignorant of Subhi’s knowledge of Arabic. After taking a twenty minute salah break, Ugly Moe introduced Yousef Erakat aka FouseyTube. With Erakat’s entrance, not a single person was not screaming with joy. Erakat artfully dressed as his mother and incorporated the guests in his performance. He had the guests crying from laughter. Later, it was time to call Khaled M to the stage. His rapping had people standing on their feet, waving their arms, and moving the beat. His words shook the
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+ Mo (upper group picture,Left to Right) Jasmine Osman, Suha Khan, Mariam Ahmad, Sameera Suleiman Lama Hourani
Bana Zayyad (upper group picture,Left to Right)Nawal Elayyan, Noor Elayyan, Emman Abedraboh, Doha Abuzir, Samyah Beituni, Dema Abdelqader, Eiman Hamad, and May Abdallah
Yousef Erakat