Abdullah Saeed

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Abdullah Saeed
Born (1984-05-18) May 18, 1984 (age 40)
Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
Alma mater Temple University
Occupations
  • journalist
  • producer
  • writer
  • host
  • actor

Abdullah Saeed (born May 18, 1984) is a Pakistani-American writer, producer, composer, and journalist. He produced and hosted several TV shows and documentaries for Vice. [1]

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Personal life

Saeed was born in New Hampshire to a Pakistani family. [2] He grew up in Thailand, where his father worked at a college campus, and his mother is a nurse. He speaks both English and Urdu. [2]

Career

Saeed began his career as a music journalist specializing in hip hop and electronic music. He has interviewed and profiled DJ Shadow, El-P, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Kid Koala, Freddie Gibbs, and Migos among others.

He wrote a weekly online column called Weediquette from 2012 to 2014 and produced and hosted the first episode of the web series of the same name. His works include the James Beard Award-nominated series Bong Appétit , [3] for which he also composed the theme song, and the limited series Vice Does America on Viceland, as well as the Webby Award-winning documentary Mad Honey.

Saeed stopped making content for Vice Media in protest in 2017 in the wake of allegations that Vice tolerated an abusive workplace culture and sexual harassment, and their practice of making employees sign “non-traditional workplace agreements” to protect themselves from being sued by employees for issues arising from said workplace culture. [4]

In 2019, Saeed was recognized by the Associated Press Television and Radio Association for his investigative reporting for KCRW on "seshes" or underground cannabis markets in Los Angeles. Saeed is a former member of The Kominas and Sunny Ali & the Kid, and a current member of the band GOD$. He was a writer and actor on the HBO series High Maintenance and co-wrote a film with Ben Sinclair for Fox Searchlight and New Regency. [5] In 2022, Onyx Collective ordered Saeed's pilot Deli Boys, starring Poorna Jagannathan and Iqbal Theba. [6] It was picked up to series in May 2023. [7]

Views

Saeed is an advocate for cannabis liberalization and education. He describes his family as "pretty liberal and open minded”. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Abdullah Saeed". LinkedIn .
  2. 1 2 3 Larson, Andrea (3 July 2017). "Abdullah Saeed's Canntastic Voyage: Part 1". Dope Magazine. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bong Appétit" – via www.imdb.com.
  4. ↑ Trock, Gary (November 16, 2017). "Viceland 'Bong Appétit' Host Quits Network in Wake of Scandal". The Blast.
  5. ↑ "'High Maintenance' Creator Developing Prison Musical Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 28 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Onyx Collective Orders 'Deli Boys' Pilot From Abdullah Saeed With Asif Ali, Alfie Fuller, Saagar Shaikh to Star". Variety. 27 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "'Deli Boys' Comedy Pilot Picked Up To Series At Hulu". Deadline. 11 May 2023.
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