Hisham Fageeh (Arabic: هشام فقيه; born October 26, 1987) is a comedian and actor from Saudi Arabia.
| Hisham Fageeh | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Fageeh in 2018 | |
| Born | October 26, 1987 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Medium | Stand-up, YouTube |
| Years active | 2011 – 2017 |
| Genres | observational comedy, satire, character comedy, improvisational comedy, anti-comedy, surreal humor |
Early life edit
Fageeh was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[citation needed]
Career edit
Fageeh co-produced and starred in Saudi Arabia's submission to the Oscars for 2016's Best Foreign Film, Barakah Meets Barakah. His work has been written about by The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, BBC, Variety, among others. Most-known for his 2013 viral video "No Woman, No Drive"[1] which amassed more than 17 million views, Hisham started performing stand-up while working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.[citation needed]
During his Master's at Columbia University, he studied improvisational comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT). He started a web series (Hisham's Weeklies) before doing stand-up in Saudi Arabia.[citation needed] Within a year Fageeh was taking the stage with comedians Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zayid, Aasif Mandvi, Aron Kader, and Hari Kondabolu. He began performing in Arabic after his satirical blog YouTube series "Isboo'iyat Hisham" (Hisham's Weeklies) went viral in December 2011, he joined the ranks of Fahad Albutairi and Bader Saleh in the Saudi stand-up circuits.[2]
Fageeh is said to be as the first Saudi to perform in Gotham Theater and headline an Arabic stand-up comedy tour in the United States and England.[3] He was previously Head of Content at Telfaz11, a multi-channel network with 12 million subscribers and more than one billion views. Fageeh was a featured performer in the 2012 New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, both in the "New Faces" and "Haram night" shows.[4] Fageeh is known for his report from New York for La Yekthar. This segment of La Yekthar has been covered by the BBC and the GlobalPost.[5]
Personal life edit
Fageeh is married to a woman from Saudi Arabia. They met on Twitter and had to go to Bahrain to date.[6]
Filmography edit
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (September 2017) |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Le Yekhtar Show | Himself | Series |
| 2011 | Hisham Weeklies | Himself | Series |
| 2012 | The Dangers of Smoking | Short | |
| 2013 | Khambalah: Stereotype | Short | |
| 2013 | Daughter | Short | |
| 2013 | Khambalah: Manhood Academy 2 | Short | |
| 2013 | Tony | Short | |
| 2013 | Khambalah: Job Opening | Short | |
| 2013 | La Yekthar: Abo Hayat | Short | |
| 2013 | No Woman, No Drive | Video | |
| 2013 | Khambalah: A Victim of Reputation | Short | |
| 2014 | Khambalah: Carved in Stone | Short | |
| 2014 | Khambalah: Project DAES | Steve Jobs | Short |
| 2014 | Hamith Hiloo | Video Short | |
| 2014 | Folaim: Ahem Ahem | Short | |
| 2014 | From A to B | Saudi Officer | Film |
| 2014 | Folaim: Cocktail | Short | |
| 2014 | Kees: Jeddah Is Plastic and Sea | Short | |
| 2015 | Kees: Damascus Papers | Short | |
| 2015 | Bedoon Nas: Wear a Suit | Short | |
| 2015 | Kees: Brushes and Human Beings | Short | |
| 2015 | Carlos Is Nostalgic for Home | Short | |
| 2015 | I'm Listening | Short | |
| 2015 | Khambalah: Manhood Academy 3 | Short | |
| 2015 | Kees: Call the Guardian | Short | |
| 2016 | Khambalah: Origin of Word | Short | |
| 2016 | Barakah yoqabil Barakah | Barakah | Film |
| 2017 | Folaim: People with Special Needs | Short |
References edit
- ^ Trending, B. B. C. (2013-10-28). "The story behind No Woman, No Drive". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ Nagadi, Mohammed. "Hisham Fageeh: Comedy by coincidence". Arab News. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Al-Mukhtar, Rima. "Fageeh stands up to tickle your funny bone". Arab News. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ "2012 Performers". arabcomedy.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Smith, Hannah. "What do you get when you mix comedy with YouTube in Saudi Arabia?". GlobalPost. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Yupilami, Mars (2016-02-16). "Hisham Fageeh: Dating Saudi-style". EXBERLINER.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2021-11-01.