Tamer Shaaban

Who is Tamer Shaaban?

Tamer Shaaban is an Egyptian American filmmaker, writer, and actor. On January 25, 2011, he released a video montage onto the Internet showing the Egyptian people’s frustrations with the then-regime that sparked the revolution. His first film, blocked in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, managed to receive over 2 million views. It was featured in The Huffington Post, went viral on Reddit, YouTube, and Facebook, shown 1.2 million times by the end of January on YouTube and shared more than 150,000 times on Facebook. He was named one of the "25 Most influential and powerful young people in the world" by YSA which was sponsored by the Huffington Post.