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Tamer Ahmed Shaaban (Born November 2nd, 1988) is an Egyptian American film director, writer, and actor and received a BS of Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology May, 2011. On January 25th, 2011 he created films showing the Egyptian people’s frustrations to the Egyptian regime when the revolution was sparked.[1] His first film received over 2 million and was blocked in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., and the Jordan.[2] The film was featured in the huffington post[3], was viral on reddit[4], and was shared on facebook more than 150K times. He spoke on CBC about his film, its role, and the up rise against former President Hosni Mubarak.[5] His second video, shows students from different nationalities showing their support for Egypt. The video was featured on Al-Jazeera, was analyzed on Egypt’s national television, as well as many different blogs.
He worked with Sami Yusuf on his unofficial music video and also helped create the official video for Yusuf’s single “I’m your hope” in February 2011. [6]
- ^ "Harrowing Video Montage Of Egypt Protests From The Streets Of Cairo (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
- ^ "Tech student initiates global response to protests". Technique. February 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ "Harrowing Video Montage Of Egypt Protests From The Streets Of Cairo (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
- ^ "To all EGYPTIANS on reddit". reddit. February 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Behind Egypt's viral video". CBC. January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Sy Post". Sami Yusuf Official. February 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-28.