Professional Career
She is active in several arenas and is devoted to breaking taboos and creating more openness.
Rehman started her career as a columnist in VG in 1996, her debut as a stand-up comedian came in 1999. She later started working as a columnist for Dagbladet in 2000 and now regularly writes for newspapers and magazines.
Rehman has received international publicity and has been interviewed by Time Magazine and the New York Times. Her shows have played for full houses in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. She is fluent in Norwegian, Urdu and English, and has performed in German.
In 2006 Shabana joined the American Comedy Institute in New York.
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