Mohammed El-leissy (born 1985) is an Australian Green Party politician, comedian, and community worker of Egyptian descent.
[1] He was born[2] in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia to parents of Egyptian descent, and he grew up in Canberra.
From 2005 to 2010, El-leissy hosted a variety of community radio programs on both Student Youth Network and 3CR.
[6][7][8][9] From June to August 2010, El-leissy's television show, Kalam TV, was launched on Channel 31, a 13-episode series challenging Australian perceptions of the Arab world through an entertaining mixture of variety and comedy.
[2] In 2007, El-leissy became a state-finalist in the Triple J Raw Comedy Award competition and went on later that year to perform in the Fear of a Brown Planet show.
[10] He sits on the National Leaders Group for the White Ribbon Foundation as well as the Victorian Multicultural Commission's Regional Advisory Council for North West Metro.