Karim Metwaly

Karim Metwaly
Personal information
Born Karim Metwaly
(1992-08-09) August 9, 1992
Manhattan, New York, U.S
Nationality American
Residence New York City, New York, U.S
Occupation
Religion Islam
YouTube information
Pseudonym AreWeFamousNow
Channel KARIM
Years active 2005-present
Genre
Subscribers 1.2 million
Total views 0.146 billion
Associated acts
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 1 November 2016.

Karim Metwaly (born August 9, 1992) is an American YouTuber, actor, singer, director, vlogger and prankster from New York City. As of October 2016, Karim has over 1.2 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.[1]

Life and career

Karim was born in Manhattan, New York City to 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

See also

References

  1. "Interview with YouTube Internet Sensation, Karim Metwaly". sNEWSi. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. "Special tête a tête with Karim Metwaly". Times of Youth. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. Lara Hamdan (10 December 2014). "Respect isn't based on what she wears". The Journal. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. "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.
  5. Steven D'Souza (12 March 2015). "New Yorker re-creates Canadian Hug-a-Muslim experiment". CBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. "Top 10 Misconceptions about Muslims by Karim Metwaly". Aquila Style. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  7. "KuKuBUFF". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
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