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Fahad Albutairi ((アラビア語:فهد البتيري); born May 12, 1985) is the first Saudi stand-up comedian to appear on stage professionally in Saudi Arabia and in the Gulf states. He is also an actor and a renowned YouTube personality. ==Life and career== Fahad Albutairi was born in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Albutairi began performing stand-up comedy as a student at the University of Texas at Austin, from which he graduated in December 2007. His first material dealt with his identity as a Saudi foreign student studying in post-9/11 America. He considers his real start to have been at the open mic nights at local comedy clubs in Austin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG7bZevzywI )〕 His debut as a stand-up comedian in the Arab World was on October 2, 2008, opening for Ahmed Ahmed and Maz Jobrani in Bahrain alongside a host of other local comedians as part of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour.〔(Kings of Comedy: Stand-up comedy takes centre stage in Bahrain )". ''Jazeera Airways Inflight Magazine''. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2009-10-30.〕 Since then, he has shared the stage with the likes of Gabriel Iglesias, Sebastian Maniscalco, Bobby Lee, Erik Griffin, Dean Edwards, Angelo Tsarouchas, Aron Kader and Dean Obeidallah. Albutairi performs regularly in Saudi Arabia.〔"(Standup comics leave Bahrainis bewitched )". ''Arab News''. 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2009-10-30.〕 Although he was initially worried about how audiences in Saudi Arabia might receive stand-up comedy, his first performance in Saudi Arabia was in Riyadh in February 2009, which attracted over 1,200 audience members.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG7bZevzywI )〕 On November 3, 2009, Albutairi was chosen out of 65 English-speaking contestants as the winner of the "Be a Part of the Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival 2009" Contest.〔"(Be a Part of the Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival 2009 Contest )". www.ascf.jo. Retrieved 2009-10-28.〕 On March 18, 2010, Fahad Albutairi took part in Yemen's first-ever stand-up comedy showcase along with fellow Saudi comedians Khalid Khalifa and Ibraheem Alkhairallah and Arab-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed.〔"(Stand-up comedy comes to Yemen )". ''Yemen Today''. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-04-20.〕 He also took part in the "New Faces of Arab Comedy" showcase at the 2010 New York Arab-American Comedy Festival and was one of the "New Faces" to be chosen for the "Best of the Fest" night of the festival.〔"('Jerry Seinfeld of Saudi Arabia' stands up in New York )". ''The National''. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-08-25.〕〔"(Performer Bios: Fahad Albutairi )". www.arabcomedy.org. Retrieved 2010-05-08.〕 In March 2013, both The Washington Post and The National named Fahad Albutairi the "Seinfeld of Saudi Arabia."〔"(Video: Meet ‘the Seinfeld of Saudi Arabia’ )". ''The Washington Post''. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-03-30.〕〔"(Fahad Albutairi, the Seinfeld of Saudi Arabia, is back )". ''The National''. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-30.〕 Fahad was also chosen to be on the panel of judges for the largest online stand-up comedy competition in the region, "The Kit Kat Comedy Break Show."〔"(Meet the Judges: Fahad Albutairi )". www.kitkatcomedybreak.com. Retrieved 2013-03-30.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fahad Albutairi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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