Abdullah El Sharif

Abdullah El Sharif
Personal information
Born (1978-05-25) May 25, 1978 (age 46)
NationalityEgyptian
Occupation(s)Poet, YouTuber, Political Commentator, Activist
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
GenrePolitical commentary
Subscribers5.32 million[1]
(December 2024)
Total views1,090,532,123 billion[1]
Websitehttps://www.youtube.com/@abdullahelshrif
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Abduallah El Sharif (Arabic: عبد الله الشريف) is an Egyptian poet, YouTuber, Political commentator, media host, and activist.[2][3][4] He is best known for his critical reviews of the Egyptian government and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[5][6][7] El Sharif received the Umar bin Abdel Azziz Award for Islamic civil activism by Islamischer Zentralrat Schweiz for his poem "Bird ".[8] He became the first Arab to win the award.[9][10]

Career

In 2013, El Sharif started his career by publishing his first poem ″Professor Abu Lahab bin Abd Manaf”, on his YouTube channel.[11]

In early 2014, El Sharif introduced the Cheb Ashraf character in a video on YouTube.[9] The story revolves around the Cheb Ashraf, a personality who appears to be hypocritical of the Egypt's government. He stopped presenting the Cheb Ashraf show permanently, in order to focus on Abdullah Al-Sharif show. He presents Abdullah ELshrif, a satirical political talk show on YouTube every Thursday, regarding the events of Egypt and other Arab countries after Arab spring.[12]

El Sharif briefly presented two shows " Houda and Abbouda" and "Bus" on Al Jazeera Mubasher.[13][14]

Harassment

In March 2020, El Sharif shared a video showing an Egyptian army officer kicking the body of a civilian in Sinai, mutilating one of his fingers and then setting his body on fire. The video was shared widely on social media. After he aired the video, Egyptian security forces arrested two of his brothers[15][16] and he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in absentia. [17] On November 10, 2022, El Sharif announced through his Twitter account that security forces arrested his brother after his mother and sister visited him.

On November 7, 2022 the security agency arrested his father, “Muhammad El Sharif”. In the meantime, a security source denied the news and declared that El Sharif’s father was summoned to examine financial transfers received from abroad and alerted him to provide necessary documents.[18]

Poems

  • Bird (Original title: Asfuur)
  • The Frame (Original title: Al-Berwaz)
  • When You Grow Up (Original title: Lamma Tekbar)
  • Askareena
  • Ramadan Is Here (Original title: Ramadan Gana)
  • Fake Blood
  • We Told Qatar (Original title: Qolna Le Qatar)
  • Do you know? (Original title: Enta Te'ref)
  • Sisi Khannas
  • Mr. Abu Lahab (Original title: Abu Lahab Bin Abd Manaf)
  • Zenobia Planet

References

  1. ^ a b "About Abdullah Elshrif". YouTube.
  2. ^ "عبدالله الشريف يرد مجددا على "التسريبات".. ماذا كانت ردة فعل المغردين؟". CNN Arabic (in Arabic). 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  3. ^ Hamza.Ettarbaoui. "الأمن المصري يعيد اعتقال والد المدون عبد الله الشريف". The New Arab (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  4. ^ "عبد الله الشريف.. بين الكوميديا والسياسة". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  5. ^ "محام يطالب السفير البريطاني في القاهرة باعتقال "اليوتيوبر" المعارض عبد الله الشريف".
  6. ^ "تواصل الجدل حول تسريبات عبدالله الشريف بعد رد الداخلية المصرية". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  7. ^ "جيش السيسي الإلكتروني.. غوغل تكشف محاولات لقرصنة بريد الإعلامي عبد الله الشريف". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  8. ^ izrsAdmin (2015-12-28). "Keynote Speech & Pictures - The First Umar bin Abdel Azziz Award Goes to Abdullah El Sharif". IZR (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  9. ^ a b "الكوميديان المصري "عبدالله الشريف": اكتشفت شخصية "الشاب أشرف" بالصدفة". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  10. ^ "عبد الله الشريف أول عربي يفوز بجائزة إيزرس أوورد السويسرية -". أخبارك.نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  11. ^ عبدالله الشريف | أول فيديو | الاستاذ ابولهب ابن عبد مناف, retrieved 2023-08-02
  12. ^ المدني, صالح (2023-07-01). "مراجعة قناة عبدالله الشريف". ناصحون (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  13. ^ ""بُص".. يخطف أنظار روّاد "الجزيرة مباشر"". al-sharq.com (in Arabic). 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  14. ^ "آخر حلقات "بص في رمضان" "وقفة حودة"". www.aljazeeramubasher.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  15. ^ "رايتس ووتش تطالب السلطات المصرية بالإفراج عن شقيقي عبد الله الشريف". www.aljazeeramubasher.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  16. ^ "Egypt arrests family of presenter who shared Sinai video of soldier burning civilian corpse". Middle East Monitor. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  17. ^ "الحكم على "عبدالله الشريف" بالسجن المؤبد بتهمة "إفشاء أسرار عسكرية" - شبكة رصد الإخبارية". 2020-06-01. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2023-08-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ Hamza.Ettarbaoui. "الأمن المصري يعيد اعتقال والد المدون عبد الله الشريف" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-08-29.