Tags: Comedian.
Omar Hussein (Arabic: عمر حسين; born May 21 1986) is a 26-year-old comedian who found his stage on YouTube. His show Al-Tayer based on local humor has drawn hundreds of thousands of hits. He’s part of a growing trend where comedians and citizen journalists are using social media as a platform to address the two-thirds of the Saudi population under 30. These online celebrities are pushing the barriers of society through their popular but sometimes controversial talk shows.