Fahad Albutairi

Fahad Albutairi

Place of Birth: ِAl Khobar, Saudi Arabia Birthday: 12 May 1985 Bio: Fahad Albutairi is the first Saudi stand-up comedian to appear on stage professionally and is an actor and a recent YouTube personality. Since his first public performance in October 2, 2008, in Manama, Bahrain, he has shared the stage with many well-known stand-up comedians such as Gabriel Iglesias and Eddie Griffin. Albutairi is also one of the founders of Saudi\'s \"New Media\" movement using YouTube as his main distribution platform. Along with a whole team of talents including director Ali Kalthami, director/photographer Alaa Yoosef, and fellow stand-up comedian/writer/actor Ibraheem Alkhairallah, they started the YouTube shows \"La Yekthar,\" \"Khambalah,\" \"Temsa7LY\" and others, and founded Telfaz11, a platform for distributing online entertainment content. In March 2013, both The Washington Post and The National named Fahad Albutairi the \"Seinfeld of Saudi Arabia.\"