Zahid Ali (born June 30, 1977) is a Norwegian stand-up comedian. He is known for his participation in the TV2 show "Rikets Røst" which is hosted by Otto Jespersen. After the publicity this show resulted in, he has become a popular comedian and actor.
December 2006, Ali, of Pakistani descent, appeared in the series Jul i Tøyengata on Norwegian channel TVNorge, playing the lead role as shoe repairman Ali. The series was a daily Christmas calendar-type series, aired daily up until December 24. It was a spoof of an original children's Christmas series in Norway, Jul i Skomakergata. He received a Norwegian price for building relations(Brobyggerprisen 2010) between immigrants and Norwegian natives, his work is also about fighting pre-justice. He gathered in 2006 almost all of the most popular comedians in Norway raising money for Pakistan after the earth-quake disaster same year. All of the money was donated to Erra(Embassy of Pakistan) and was used building a new school in Kashmir.http://www.erra.pk/gallery/Reconstruction%20and%20Rehabilitation/Education/page1.htm Zahid Ali is also touring with his stand up show "Zahid Ali-live" and he is often used in corporate matters as a comedian.
He has acted in the films Izzat and Hellfjord.
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“That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn’t entirely conquer—he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)