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Salma Zaky, a third-year English student, performs five times a week at comedy clubs around Los Angeles. After attending class during the day, Zaky drives to open mic performances to showcase her comedy alongside older comedians. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)

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Salma Zaky anxiously awaited her first stand-up comedy performance at an open mic night during her senior year of high school. After speaking for two of her allotted 10 minutes, during which she told a joke about emojis and avoided eye contact with the audience, Zaky rushed off the stage and refused to tell anyone about her experience.

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Student comic entertains at LA comedy clubs, open mic nights

By Linda Xu

Oct. 24, 2017 10:34 p.m.