Karim Metwaly

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Karim Metwaly
Personal information
BornKarim Metwaly
(1992-08-09) August 9, 1992 (age 28)
Occupation
YouTube information
Also known asAreWeFamousNow
Channel
Years active2005-present
Genre
Subscribers2.1 million [1]
Total views205 million [1]
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
Alma mater Queens College
Parent(s)
  • Mohsen Metwaly (father)

Updated: 11 April 2018

Karim Metwaly, is an Egyptian-American social commentater and YouTuber from New York City. As of October 2017, he has over 2.1 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. [2] Metwaly has had four channels on YouTube xStryfx, Karim Jovian, Jovian Games and WeAreGamersNow. He also has a podcast channel along with Coffee. [3]

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Early life

Karim Metwaly 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 .

Career

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. [4]

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. [5] His other videos, including "Blind Muslim Trust Social Experiment" and "Would You Date A Muslim", have received worldwide coverage. [6] [7] Jovian has also created parodies of various songs including PSY's "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman" with Sheikh Akbar.

Personal life

He is married to Vlada, a Russian-American Christian.

Channels

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References

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  2. "Interview with YouTube Internet Sensation, Karim Metwaly". sNEWSi. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. "Coffee And Karim". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  4. "Special tête a tête with Karim Metwaly". Times of Youth. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. Lara Hamdan (10 December 2014). "Respect isn't based on what she wears". The Journal. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. "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.
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