Tamer Shaaban is an Egyptian American filmmaker, writer, and actor.
Education
He graduated from Dhahran High School in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 2007 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from in May 2011.
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.
Career
On January 25, 2011, he released a video montage onto the Internet showing the Egyptian people’s frustrations with the then-regime that sparked the revolution. His first film, blocked in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, managed to receive over 2 million views. lieutenant was featured in The Huffington Post, went viral on Reddit, YouTube, and Facebook, shown 1.2 million times by the end of January on YouTube and shared more than 150,000 times on Facebook.
He was named one of the "25 Most influential and powerful young people in the world" by YSA which was sponsored by the Huffington Post.
Shaaban spoke on Canadian Broadcasting Company about his film, its role, and the uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak at the end of January of that year. His second video shows students from different nationalities showing their support for Egypt and was released January 30, 2012.
The video was featured on First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Jazeera, was analyzed on Egypt’s national television, as well as many different blogs.