Moein Al Bastaki is a magician, mentalist and illusionist from the United Arab Emirates.
Background
Moein Al Bastaki was born and raised in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A star was born. Moein’s father, Mohammed Al Bastaki, was the owner of a video rental shop, and as a young child, Moein became fascinated with the David Copperfield Show (1986).
Education
Moein graduated from Emam Malik school in 1998. He then attended Dubai University College where he graduated, with a bachelors in Business, in 2004. Having been deprived of an education himself, Moein’s father disagreed with Moein’s choice of career, and insisted that his son focus on education instead, so Moein continued with his studies and obtained a Master’s degree in marketing from the University of Wollongong in Dubai in 2008.
Career
Moein is best known for his street magic, large illusions, and performing close up magic for international and Arabic celebrities. He is the eldest of four siblings. His love of magic began at a very young age.
The first trick that Moein ever witnessed involved the disappearing and reappearing of a coin, which fascinated Moein and embedded a passion for the art of magic in a six-year-old child. He first performed aged 9 in a magic show that he prepared for his family. As his love for magic grew, he began studying the work of other internationally renowned magicians, and developing his own Arab inspired magic tricks.
Moein’s biggest inspiration is Derren Brown, who triggered a passion for mentalism. Magic Moein began his magic career in 2005 with small performances for friends and relatives. His first professional performance was in 2005 for a New Years Eve event in Dubai.
From 2005 until 2010, Moein performed close up magic and stage shows at a range of events and festivals across the UAE. He finally began performing on TV and radio, with his first appearance on Sama TV in 2010. Since then, Moein has performed publicly and appeared on a number of Arabic TV shows, most recently as a weekly guest on Men El Akher, on DMTV. Moein has performed tricks for a number of internationally recognized celebrities including John Travolta and Mike Tyson, WWE stars such as The Miz, John Cena, CM Punk and R-Truth, sports personalities such as Diego Maradona and Fabio Cannavaro. He has also performed for a number of famous Arabic celebrities including Sami Yusuf, Abdulhussain Abdulredha, Hayat El Fahad, Saad Al-Faraj, Ibrahim Al Sallal, Jasim El Nabhan, Ahmed El Sakka, Ahmed Bedair and Dawood Hussain.
Moein has appeared on a number of TV stations including MBC, Al Arabiya, CNN, BBC, Abu Dhabi TV, Dubai One, Dubai Television, Dubai Sports, Rotana, Qatar TV, Orbit TV, DMTV and Future Television, and radio stations including MBC FM, Panorama FM, Saudi Radio and Dubai FM He has appeared on the following shows: Men El Akher Ya Halla (Rotana) Saba Al Kheir Ya’Arab (MBC) MBC this week Inside the Middle East Al Forsah (Sama Dubai) Studio One (Dubai One) BBC World News.