Anissa Loucif: Kopftuchmädchen

In this autobiographical book, Anissa Loucif recounts her unusual life journey. After years as an anesthesiologist, she decides to leave medicine behind and take to the comedy stage. There, she draws on experiences from her professional life, her daily family life, and her life as a Muslim woman in Germany, all with a great deal of humor. With candor and self-deprecating humor, she writes about her German-Arab family, challenges at the hospital, looking for a partner and dating, as well as the expectations she faces as a Muslim woman who wears a headscarf. In doing so, she addresses questions and prejudices she encounters time and again, and describes how she has found her own path amid diverse cultural and social influences.

The book combines personal stories with humorous observations and offers insights into the life of a woman who is simultaneously a doctor, a mother, a Muslim, and a comedian. It explores themes of identity, self-determination, and the courage to step off well-trodden paths and seize new opportunities.

Anissa Loucifisa German-Algerian comedian, mother, and anesthesiologist. She was a finalist in the 2023 NightWash Talent Awards, and her stand-up videos went viral. In 2024, the entertainer dazzled the audience at the 1LIVE COMEDY-NACHT XXL in front of 14,000 spectators on Germany’s largest comedy stage and was part of the Female Stand-Up Special on the Carolin Kebekus Show on ARD. In the meantime, she has founded her own comedy club, and her videos have been viewed millions of times. Since fall 2025, Anissa Loucif has been on tour with her solo show *MACH NICHT SO AUF TEUER*. *Kopftuchmädchen* is her first book.