Fahad Albutairi is a Saudi stand-up comedian, actor, creative producer and writer.Fahad Albutairi is considered to be the first Saudi stand-up comedian to appear on stage professionally. Since his first public performance in October 2, 2008, in Manama, Bahrain, he has shared the stage with many well-known stand-up comedians such as Gabriel Iglesias, Maz Jobrani, Tony Rock and Eddie Griffin. Albutairi is also one of the founders of Saudi Arabia's "New Media" movement using YouTube as his main distribution platform. Along with a whole team of talents including director Ali Kalthami, director/photographer Alaa Yoosef, and fellow stand-up comedian/writer/actor Ibraheem Alkhairallah, they started the YouTube shows "La Yekthar," "Khambalah," "Temsa7LY" and others, and founded Telfaz11, a network for distributing online entertainment content. In 2016, Telfaz11 became the first entertainment network in the Middle East to receive three Gold Play Button awards from YouTube.In March 2013, both The Washington Post and The National named Fahad Albutairi the "Seinfeld of Saudi Arabia." His best known works are the movie "From A to B" with Emirati director Ali Mostafa, the movie "Rashid and Rajab" with Emirati director Mohammed Saeed Harib, the MBC-produced mockumentary sitcom series "CUT," and the satirical online music video "No Woman No Drive," with fellow Saudi stand-up comedian/writer/producer Hisham Fageeh. Show less «