| About The Speaker: Fahad Albutairi was one of the first Saudi stand-up comedians to appear on stage professionally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the Gulf region. As of recent, he has also become a well-known YouTube personality. Born in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, in 1985, his debut as a stand-up comedian was in October, 2008, opening for American comedians Ahmed Ahmed and Maz Jobrani in Bahrain alongside a host of other local comedians as part of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. Fahad has, since then, shared the stage with a handful of renowned international comedians such as Gabriel Iglesias, Edwin San Juan, Sebastian Maniscalco, Bobby Lee, Erik Griffin, Dean Edwards, Angelo Tsarouchas, Aron Kader, Kuwaiti comedian Tarek Al-Ali and Dean Obeidallah. So far, he has performed in Dubai, Doha, Amman, Riyadh, Khobar, Jeddah, Dhahran, Beirut, Sana'a and New York. Albutairi has also participated in the 2009 "Be a Part of the Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival" Competition and won first place out of 65 contestants that year in the English-speaking category. On March 18th, 2010, Fahad took part in Yemen's first-ever stand-up comedy showcase along with fellow Saudi comedians Khalid Khalifa, Ibraheem Alkhairallah and Arab-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed. He also took part in the "New Faces of Arab Comedy" showcase at the 2010 New York Arab-American Comedy Festival and was one of the "New Faces" to be chosen for the "Best of the Fest" night of the festival. On October 10th, 2010, Fahad ... |
