Zaid Ali
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||
| OccupationScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Motivational speaker, YouTube personality | |||
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| Also known as | ZaidAliT | |||
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| Years active | 2010-present | |||
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| Subscribers | 424,117[1] (24 January 2016) |
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| Total views | 47,262,919[1] (24 January 2016) |
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Zaid Ali (Urdu: زید علی ) better known by his YouTube pseudonym ZaidAliT is a Pakistani-Canadian YouTube personality and social media figure from Waterloo, Ontario best known for his Youtube videos.[2][3]
Career
The Desi culture, and especially the culture of Desis living in the west, is the main inspiration for Ali's videos. He has gained a lot of popularity, mainly through Facebook and YouTube. Ali also creates vlogs on a separate channel called ZaidAliTV Vlogs. As of January 2016, his YouTube channel has over 420,000 subscribers and more than 47 million views. His Facebook page, where he also posts links to his videos, has more than a million likes. In addition to making YouTube videos, Ali has also started to perform on-stage. In January 2015 he was offered a role in a Hollywood film which was a kissing scene but he turned down, elucidating that he could never imagine doing something of the sort.[3][4] In March 2015, he posted a video with the title "Bollywood dialogue in real life'" on YouTube which went viral after that video was tweeted by Sonakshi Sinha.[5]
Tours
Pakistan
In March 2015, Zaid toured Pakistan.[6] He was invited as a guest on several t.v shows:[7]
- Naya Pakistan Talhat Hussain Kay Sath
- Good Morning Pakistan
U.K
Zaid also did a U.K tour, United We Stand, from May 22, 2015 to 31 May along with other comedian artists in aid of the charity Islamic Help's campaign Birth: Supporting Syrian Mothers & Babies aimed at helping Syrian refugee mothers. He was also seen on BBC Asian Network with DJ Noreen Khan. On his tour there he raised $2 million charity for United We Stand charity organization.[8]
See also
References
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