1. Fahad Albutairi became the first Saudi Arabian comedian to perform on stage professionally in Saudi Arabia and in the whole of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
12 Facts About Fahad Albutairi
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Fahad Albutairi is one of the most notable YouTube personalities from the country.
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Fahad Albutairi was then forcibly returned from Jordan to Saudi Arabia, due to his ex-wife Loujain al-Hathloul's activities as a women's rights activist.
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Fahad Albutairi began performing stand-up comedy as a student at the University of Texas at Austin, from which he graduated in December 2007.
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Fahad Albutairi considers his real start to have been at the open mic nights at local comedy clubs in Austin.
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On 3 November 2009, Fahad Albutairi was chosen out of 65 English-speaking contestants as the winner of the "Be a Part of the Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival 2009" contest.
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On 18 March 2010, Fahad Albutairi took part in Yemen's first-ever stand-up comedy showcase along with fellow Saudi comedians Khalid Khalifa and Ibraheem Alkhairallah and Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed.
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On 15 January 2016, Fahad Albutairi performed at the Hollywood Laugh Factory with Maz Jobrani, Tony Rock, Steve Hofstetter and many others.
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Fahad Albutairi was the first Saudi professional stand-up comedian to perform at the Laugh Factory.
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Fahad Albutairi started the YouTube channel with fellow Saudi comedian Ibraheem Alkhairallah, who writes the show with Albutairi, and Saudi directors Ali Kalthami and Alaa Yoosef.
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Since then, Fahad Albutairi has worked on many of the other YouTube channels within the Telfaz11 network.
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In 2016, Fahad Albutairi left Telfaz11 to focus on his TV and film career.