ANTI-COMEDIAN / FILMMAKER / TROUBLE
Sina Khani (born 1982, Tehran) is a former musician, painter, and talk show host turned comedian, based in Amsterdam. He is armed with a mullet, a dubious reputation, and more haters than fans. Through provocative humor and an uncompromising style, he challenges ongoing norms and artforms. You can check out his work but honestly, you're probably not ready for it.
43 YEARS OLD
STILL ALIVE
UNFORTUNATELY
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Latest podcast film: A battlefield against institutional fear and woke conformity.
Episodes & Films
KILL SINA
"Sina Khani is the worst person I’ve ever met. I hate him so much, I made a fucking film about him."
EUROPAPA or The Blood of Others
As Sina navigates the new world of promised wealth, he’s drawn into the orbit of a sect led by the enigmatic Jaafar El-Hazred.
GROOMING HANS TEEUWEN
Film that led to potential legal action. Features prank calls to Holland's biggest comedian. Sina's conclusion: "Teeuwen doesn't get jokes."
LIVING CASTING HELL
An audition process turns into a nightmare for the participating women.
THE TEARS OF SINA KHANI
Homage to KIRAC (Keeping Real Art Critics)? Maybe. Many saw a diss. Really, it's just another narcissistic meltdown on camera.
FUCKING OYSTERS
After indulging in a feast of oysters, Sina drifts into a repulsive dreamland, finding himself nestled on his mother's lap.
THE SPEED DATE
On a quest to move on from a lost love, Sina meets the wrong people, whom he hopes will lead him in the right direction. Pathetic!
The Artist
Sina Khani takes a raw, unfiltered approach to storytelling. Absurdist, experimental, and unapologetically confrontational, each piece pushes boundaries for both audience and creator alike.
- Founded "Creeps from the Middle East" with Susan Lanting & Steven Bos (2023)
- Former career as painter - gave up painting to start comedy career
- Comedy career ended after telling a "fatal incest joke" on stage in Berlin
- Physically attacked twice by former crew members
- Had YouTube channel, Gmail, and Instagram hacked by former editor
- Currently making new films, and podcasting at the infamous Unsafe House.
- Education: Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Audiovisual Arts), Sandberg Instituut (MFA)
All his paintings remain unfinished but signed, "in case he dies."
The new Unsafe House film
Starring Curtis Yarvin.
Coming Soon.
The Unsafe House & Collaborations
Collaboration between Creeps Of The Middle East and The Unsafe House: "Two troubled worlds. And now they got married."
If the Unsafe House is a mythology, then Creeps Of The Middle East is a saga. Sina Khani brings sharp and confusing humor, unpredictability, and a raw edge to the films, while the Unsafe House tempers this chaos with mythological depth.
OPEN CALL: The New Art World Order
The Unsafe House invites artists overlooked by institutions to submit work. We review the submissions in video series. No gatekeeping. Just actual art
Mohsen Namjoo Interview - The Unsafe Podcast
World-famous Iranian singer Mohsen Namjoo pays a surprise visit to the Unsafe House. They examine the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.
Tarik Sadouma Interview - The Unsafe Podcast
Ruth Spetter and Sina Khani interview the spiritual leader of the Unsafe House. A hangout touching on youth and artistic exploits.
KIRAC Commentary
Article on Keeping It Real Art Critics. "These fucking retards just killed narcissism for me."
Ronja Brainstorm mayhem
"Sina Khani is my actual mentor in my master's studies. He understands my vision like no one else. But I don't trust him."
TV / Press / Recognition
- Felten Ink - Extensive interview: "She looked exactly like me — that’s why I had a crush on her."
- First Dates - Sina makes a fool of himself on a dating show.
- Son of a Pigeon Podcast - Sina tells a weird bird story.
- Blowpipe Records - Label featuring controversial song: "I define myself as the free, male, modern, Persian Anne Frank."
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung - Sina sings very strange footbal hymne on YouTube.
- SAT1 NRW - TV report on Sina's awful football song.
- Operation Walkyria - "Persian Jesus and the ultimate Middle Eastern creep."
- Ziggo First Music - Sina crashes live TV program
- Podcast with Michiel Lieuwma - In-depth but rather shallow conversation about art and life.
- VICE Netherlands - "Sina Khani is a new Andy Warhol."
- VICE Netherlands - Featured for "Shrek" music video - kissing girls in 17th century costume.
- POW NED - Sina defends gay graffiti.
- De Andere Krant - Islamic vs. White humor
- IMDB - Actor, Writer, Director.
"Sina Khani is like Fassbinder married Woody Allen and had a hot baby." — Adelheid Roosen
Controversy & Conflict
The Death of Creeps
Radio Neverno declares The Creeps are Dead. Hans "Neoschlager" Kuiper on the dissolution and transformation of the Creeps from the Middle East collective. The end of an era, or just another metamorphosis?
Hans Teeuwen Legal Dispute
Renowned Dutch comedian considering legal action following release of "Looking for Hans". Film director Martin Koolhoven calls portrayal problematic. Khani maintains it was intended as "tribute and bromantic gesture."
Crew Betrayals
"I have had money stolen from me by my former camera boy. My YouTube channel, Gmail, and Instagram account were hacked by my sound girl. I was physically attacked twice by members of my crew. Including crooked wokie Khadija Massaoudi."
Berlin Comedy Scene
Booed off stage at Germany's biggest comedy venue, the Quatsch Comedy Club after performing The Aristocrats joke. To this day, Sina still hasn't revealed what the joke was exactly.
Assault in Kreuzberg
Attacked by three individuals in Berlin Kreuzberg while walking home from studio session with bassist Fatima Camara. "Three creeps from the Middle East" as he describes them.
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For inquiries:
sina@sinakhani.de