Karim Jovian

Karim Jovian was born as Karim Metwaly on August 9, 1987 in New York City, New York, the USA to Mohsen Metwaly and his wife, both of whom are Sunni Muslims from Egypt. He has two brothers named Magid and Amier. He has attended Queens College.

Karim Jovian began his career as an actor. He went on to perform in plays and musicals like ‘Anything Goes’ and ‘Brigadoon.’ In 2009, he joined YouTube and began posting videos on his channel then titled "AreWeFamousNow" (now a self-titled one). He simultaneously joined the channel "3MH" with Adam Saleh, Sheikh Akbar and Slim Albaher. Later on, 3MH split up and Jovian continued to post on his own channel.

On May 30, 2012, he launched his second channel titled ‘Karim Jovian Plays’. This is a gaming channel that contains a lot of gameplay videos. Besides that, it features a number of vlogs related to Jovian’s personal life. From videos like ‘I finally Met My Dad after 10 years’ and ‘People’s Candid Thoughts on Islam’, there’s a lot on this channel that can teach you much about the life of the Muslim community in the USA. As of now, Karim Jovian Plays has earned over 311k subscribers (as of September 2018).

Coming to Jovian’s main channel, it features a lot of comedic and entertaining videos. These include funny skits, entertaining parodies, crazy pranks, amazing challenges, and amusing vlogs. Talking about this channel’s popularity, it has already crossed over 1.7 million subscribers and over 246 million views. One of the most popular videos created by Jovian is titled '10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman in Hijab'. Published in 2014, the video has earned over 17 million views as of now. The YouTuber’s other videos including “Would You Date A Muslim" and “Blind Muslim Trust Social Experiment" have received worldwide coverage.

Till date, Karim Jovian has collaborated with many fellow YouTuber personalities including Ryan Higa. He has also created a number of parodies with Sheikh Akbar.