Hisham Fageeh

Hisham Fageeh, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Actor, Producer, Writer Fageeh is the co-producer and star of Saudi Arabia's submission to the Oscars for 2016's Best Foreign Film, "Barakah Meets Barakah" (now available on Netflix worldwide). His work has been written about by The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, BBC, Variety, among others. Most-known for his 2013 viral video "No Woman, No Drive", Hisham started performing stand-up while working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. During his Master's at Columbia University, he studied improvisational comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT). Also while procrastinating; he started a web series (Hisham's Weeklies) which propelled him into an Arabic stand-up scene in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia- where he now resides. Previously held position of Head of Content at Telfaz11, a multi-channel network with 12 million subscribers and more than one billion views. Follow him on social media, HishamFageeh.