Esma Abouzahra

(Morocco, 1975) hosted the RTL4-programme Help, daddy's cooking. In it she gave cooking lessons to parents who couldn't cook. In 1999 Abouzahra together with Amar El-Ajjouri founded the first Moroccan cabaret duo in the Netherlands, PH Neutraal. One of their best-known productions was Noch kaas, noch couscous (Neither Cheese nor Couscous), making fun of Dutch society and the Moroccan community. She played in several theatrical productions, for instance in Garcia Lorca's Blood Wedding. She participated in productions of Theatergroep Wederzijds and Branoul Literair Theater. Abouzahra trained as a drama teacher in Zwolle.