Fatiha El-Ghorri
Fatiha El-Ghorri is a British comedian and writer.
Early life
El-Ghorri's family is from the town of Larache in Morocco. She was born in the London Borough of Hackney, where she grew up with thirteen siblings. Her father died when she was six years old.Career
In 2015, El-Ghorri began a course on comedy writing and performance which she found through the online platform Meetup, and went on to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. She was a finalist in the Funny Women in London competition and for the Max Turner Prize, and toured as part of the Super Muslim Comedy Tour alongside Esther Manito and Abdullah Afzal. El-Ghorri has performed around the UK in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, as well as in Dubai.On television, El-Ghorri performed her stand-up on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in 2020, and The Russell Howard Hour on Sky Max in 2021. She is 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 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled in 2023. El-Ghorri was one of six cast members on the second series of the game show Outsiders.
El-Ghorri has appeared on podcasts including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster and The Guilty Feminist.
In 2023, she performed a solo tour called Work in Progress across the UK. The show debuted at the Leicester Comedy Festival and won the award for Best Debut Show.
In 2024, El-Ghorri and five other female Muslim comedians – Yasmin Elhady, Ola Labib, Fathiya Saleh, Zain, and Shazia Mirza – went on a five-city tour around the UK. The Comedy Queens, as they were dubbed, platformed a real variety of Muslim women. There was a range of political and observational material, one-liners and social commentary.
In December 2024, she appeared on The Great British Sewing Bee for the show's celebrity Christmas special. She also appeared on annual special The Big Fat Quiz of Everything as a contestant.
In January 2025, El-Ghorri was announced as one of the contestants for the 19th series of Taskmaster, against Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey, and Stevie Martin. The series has received rave reviews from critics and audiences, crediting it as one of the best series in years for its cast. El-Ghorri also co-wrote and starred in the BBC comedy pilot, Donkey! The episode served as one of six BBC comedy pilots aired to test potential series. She also served as Head Judge for the BBC New Comedy Awards.
From February to March 2025, El-Ghorri hosted the fourth season of BBC Asian Network's Not Even Water, which focused on Ramadan. She interviewed a variety of guests, including Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, comedians Shabaz Ali and Muhsin Yesilada and content creators Sebinaah and Nadoosh to discuss faith, fasting and everything about Ramadan.
Personal life
El-Ghorri is Muslim and wears a hijab; she has spoken publicly about "smashing the stereotypes people have of Muslim, hijabi women". She is bilingual, speaking English and Moroccan Arabic.El-Ghorri has been married and divorced twice.