Rula Korban, laughter, making people laugh, and above all laughing at herself. (Credit: Photo provided by the comedian)
Some people spend decades searching for themselves, slowly becoming the person they were meant to be. Others walk away from an entire career without ever looking back. Rula Korban did both. Before taking to the stage and making audiences laugh, she spent years creating restaurants, convinced that the hospitality industry would be the defining story of her life.She has immersed herself in this world practically since childhood. Her father died when she was only five, and from a young age, she helped her family make ends meet. That determination eventually led her, years later, to open two restaurants in Beirut: Fiore in Mar Mikhael and Alliaci in Gemmayzeh, both of which have since closed. "I thought that would be my life," she confided to L'Orient-Le Jour. "I loved that work."Comedy, however, remained a quiet...
Some people spend decades searching for themselves, slowly becoming the person they were meant to be. Others walk away from an entire career without ever looking back. Rula Korban did both. Before taking to the stage and making audiences laugh, she spent years creating restaurants, convinced that the hospitality industry would be the defining story of her life.She has immersed herself in this world practically since childhood. Her father died when she was only five, and from a young age, she helped her family make ends meet. That determination eventually led her, years later, to open two restaurants in Beirut: Fiore in Mar Mikhael and Alliaci in Gemmayzeh, both of which have since closed. "I thought that would be my life," she confided to L'Orient-Le Jour. "I loved that work."Comedy, however, remained a quiet...
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