Karim Metwaly
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Karim Metwaly August 9, 1987 Manhattan, New York, U.S | ||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||
| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S | ||||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
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| Pseudonym | AreWeFamousNow | ||||||||
| Channel | AreWeFamousNow | ||||||||
| Years active | 2005-present | ||||||||
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| Subscribers | 1.3 million | ||||||||
| Total views | 178 million | ||||||||
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Karim Metwaly (born August 9, 1987), also known as Karim Jovian, is an American YouTuber, actor, singer, director, vlogger and prankster from New York City. As of October 2016, Karim has over 1.3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.[1]
Life and career
Karim was born in Manhattan, New York City to Sunni Muslim parents from Egypt. He began his career as an actor at an early age. He has acted in various plays and musicals including Anything Goes and Brigadoon. Karim joined YouTube and started creating videos on his channel named "AreWeFamousNow". He has also taken part on the channel "3MH" with Slim Albaher, Adam Saleh and Sheikh Akbar later 3MH split up and Karim continued on his own channel.[2]
He has over a million subscribers on his YouTube channel. He has collaborated with many YouTubers including Ryan Higa.
He creates parodies and videos about Muslims and many of his videos became viral. His video "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman in Hijab" has over 12 million views.[3]
His other videos including "Blind Muslim Trust Social Experiment" and "Would You Date A Muslim" have received worldwide coverage.[4][5] Karim has also created parodies of various songs including PSY's Gangnam Style and Gentleman with Sheikh Akbar.[6] He also has a gaming channel, KuKuBUFF.[7]
Channels
- Karim Jovian (formerly known as 'AreWeFamousNow') - Main Channel
- Karim Jovian Vlogs (formerly known as 'AreWeKuKuNow') - Second Channel
- KuKuBUFF - ( Gaming Channel of Karim Metwaly )
- 3MH (former)
References
- ↑ "Interview with YouTube Internet Sensation, Karim Metwaly". sNEWSi. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "Special tête a tête with Karim Metwaly". Times of Youth. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ Lara Hamdan (10 December 2014). "Respect isn’t based on what she wears". The Journal. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "Video: Karim Metwaly shows how a girl refused a date after knowing he’s Muslim". The News Teller. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ Steven D'Souza (12 March 2015). "New Yorker re-creates Canadian Hug-a-Muslim experiment". CBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "Top 10 Misconceptions about Muslims by Karim Metwaly". Aquila Style. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "KuKuBUFF". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-01-11.