Karim Jovian
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| Born | Karim Metwaly August 9, 1992 Manhattan, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Also known as | AreWeFamousNow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2005-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Subscribers | 2.1 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total views | 205 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karim Metwaly, is an Arab-American social commentater and YouTuber from New York City. As of October 2017, he has over 2.1 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.[1] Metwaly has had four channels on YouTube xStryfx, Karim Jovian, Jovian Games and WeAreGamersNow. He also has a podcast channel along with Coffee.[2]
Early life[edit]
Karim Metwaly was born in Manhattan, New York City to Arab 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.
Career[edit]
He joined YouTube and started creating videos on his channel named "AreWeFamousNow". He has also taken part on the channel "3MH" with Adam Saleh and Sheikh Akbar. In early 2015, 3MH split up.[3]
He has over two million subscribers on his YouTube channel. He has collaborated with many YouTubers, including Ryan Higa and Adam Saleh.
He creates parodies and videos about Muslims, and many of his videos became popular. His video "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman in Hijab", a parody of 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman, has over 12 million views.[4] His other videos, including "Blind Muslim Trust Social Experiment" and "Would You Date A Muslim", have received worldwide coverage.[5][6] Jovian has also created parodies of various songs including PSY's "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman" with Sheikh Akbar.
Personal life[edit]
He is married to Vlada, a Russian-American Christian.
Channels[edit]
- xStryfx - original main channel [7]
- Karim Jovian (formerly known as 'AreWeFamousNow') - current main channel
- Jovian Games (formerly known as 'AreWeKuKuNow') - gaming channel
- AreWeGamersNow (terminated) - original gaming channel
- Coffee And Karim (formerly known as "KuKuBUFF") - podcast channel
References[edit]
- ↑ "Interview with YouTube Internet Sensation, Karim Metwaly". sNEWSi. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "Coffee And Karim". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Video: Why I Changed my Name to Jovian". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
External links[edit]
- Karim Jovian's channel on YouTube
- Karim Jovian on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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