Karim Metwaly

Karim Metwaly, known professionally as Karim Jovian, is an Egyptian-American social commentater and YouTuber from New York City. As of October 2017, he has over 2.1 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.[1]

Karim Jovian
Personal information
BornKarim Metwaly
August 1992 (age 28)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
YouTube information
Also known asAreWeFamousNow
Channel
Years active2005-present
Genre
Subscribers2.1 million
Total views205 million
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Alma materQueens College
Parent(s)
  • Mohsen Metwaly (father)
Updated: 11 April 2018

Life and career

Jovian was born in Manhattan, New York City to Muslim parents from Egypt. He began his career as an actor at an early age. He has acted in various plays and musicals, including Anything Goes and Brigadoon.

He joined YouTube and started creating videos on his channel named "AreWeFamousNow". He has also taken part on the channel "3MH" with Slim Albaher, Adam Saleh and Sheikh Akbar. Jovian was accused of various acts against his former 3MH members in which he denies. This was the result of the split. Supporters claim Jovian is innocent while a majority feel he used his former friends and scammed his way to stardom. In early 2015, 3MH split up and Jovian continued on his own channel.[2]

He has over two million subscribers on his YouTube channel. He has collaborated with many YouTubers, including Ryan Higa and Adam Saleh.

He creates parodies and videos about Muslims, and many of his videos became popular. His video "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman in Hijab" has over 12 million views.[3] His other videos, including "Blind Muslim Trust Social Experiment" and "Would You Date A Muslim", have received worldwide coverage.[4][5] Jovian has also created parodies of various songs including PSY's "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman" with Sheikh Akbar.

He also has a podcast channel, Coffee And Karim.[6]

He is married to Vlada, a Russian-American Christian.

Channels
  • xStryfx - original main channel [7]
  • Karim Jovian (formerly known as 'AreWeFamousNow') - current main channel
  • Jovian Games (formerly known as 'AreWeKuKuNow') - gaming channel
  • AreWeGamersNow (terminated) - original gaming channel
  • Coffee And Karim (formerly known as "KuKuBUFF") - podcast channel
  • 3MH (former)

References
  1. "Interview with YouTube Internet Sensation, Karim Metwaly". sNEWSi. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. "Special tête a tête with Karim Metwaly". Times of Youth. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. Lara Hamdan (10 December 2014). "Respect isn't based on what she wears". The Journal. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. "Video: Karim Metwaly shows how a girl refused a date after knowing he's Muslim". The News Teller. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. Steven D'Souza (12 March 2015). "New Yorker re-creates Canadian Hug-a-Muslim experiment". CBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. "Coffee And Karim". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  7. "Video: Why I Changed my Name to Jovian". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
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