Khaleed Abdul

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Khaleed Abdul
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Khaleed Abdul April 2015 Debut in Churchill Show at Carnivore Gardens, Nairobi.
Pseudonymfarah
Birth nameKhaleed Aziz Abdul
Born(07-08-00)August , 7
Maralal
NationalityKenyan
Years active2015 -present
EmployerAssignment Studio
Genres Comedy
Parent(s)Abdul Aziz Ahmed
Notable works and rolesClassmates TV Show as Farah, Crazy Comedy, Churchill Show, Hapa Kule News, LOL, Vitimbi Plus as Jinta Hunte, Director-Maisha Bila Steam(CBO)
Website https://www.khaleedabdul.com/

Khaleed Abdul Aziz (born 7 August) is a Kenyan Comedian, Actor, Script writer, Mcee and a Pastoralist. [1] [2] He is popularly known as Farah in Classmates, [3] a TV Comedy Series currently aired by KBC Channel 1. He made his first TV appearance on Churchill Show and later won Kalasha International Award [4] for Best Performance in a TV Comedy. [5]

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Biography

Khaleed Abdul was born on 7 August, in Maralal, Samburu County, Northern Kenya. He attended Maralal Primary School [6] where his father was a teacher and a District Education Officer(DEO), before he joined Maralal High School in 2003 where he performed comedy in Inter-Schools Entertainment.

He made his first TV appearance in 2015 in Churchill Show which saw him gain fame and made appearance in LOL a TV comedy show which was aired by K24, Hapa Kule News aired by KTN. He currently plays a role as Farah in Classmates TV Comedy Show aired by KBC, and as Jinta Hunte in Vitimbi Plus aired by Maisha Magic Swahili.

TV shows

NoTV ShowHost TVNameYear
1 Churchill show NTV Khalid2010
2Hapa Kule News KTN Khaleed Abdul2014
3LOL K24 Khaleed2015
4Crazy ComedyKTNKhaleed2012
5Vitimbi PlusMaisha MagicJinta Hunte2020
6ClassmatesKBCFarah2013
7Mad BuddiesUTVFarah2018

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResults
2014Cheka AwardsBest TV Sitcome CLASSMATESWon [7]
2015 Kalasha International Awards Best Performance in a TV Show [4] Won [8]
2016 Riverwood Academy Award Best TV Commercial BONYEZAWon [9]
2018Kalasha International AwardBest TV Comedy Mad BUddiesnominated [10]
2022Eastern Talanta AwardBest Comedian OF The Yearsecond [11]

Charity work

Khaleed has been involved in community charity work, for instance blood donation campaign. He was instrumental in 2016 fundraising medical fee for a youth in Samburu, a Samburu boy suffered from severe kidney failure and needed kidney transplant. [12]

Khaleed Abdul joined hands with like-minded fellas to build a house for a single mother from Maralal who has been physically impaired on both legs since she was hit by polio in her childhood Her condition makes it difficult for her to fend for herself she was compounded by the fact that she lives in a dilapidated house. [13]

Comedian Khaleed Abdul and friends rescued a student who was selling mandazi to raise school fees The story of a young boy melted the hearts of many after it was aired on various media outlets in the country. He garnered 367 marks in the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) but was unable to raise school fees to join Form One. and resorted to selling mandazis in the streets of Maralal to raise school fees. [14] [15]

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  2. ↑ Oduor, Martin (2015-11-16). "This Ex Churchill Show Comedian Sold 3 Camels In Maralal To Raise Funds To Travel To Nairobi And Try His Hand In Acting (Photos)". Ghafla!. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  3. ↑ Kariuki, John. "Local TV series portray teaching in bad light". The Standard. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
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  12. ↑ Mwarua, Douglas (2019-07-02). "Comedian Khalid in 100 KM bike ride to raise funds for ailing youth". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  13. ↑ "Comedian Khaleed starts project to build house for Maralal woman with Polio". 8 February 2022.
  14. ↑ https://nairobireview.africa/comedian-khaleed-abdul-friends-rescue-student-selling-mandazi-raise-school-fees/
  15. ↑ <https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/454524-wellwishers-pay-school-fees-maralal-student-selling-mandazi-raise-form-one-fees
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