Imran also supports Medical Aid for Palestinians, War on Want, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières, NSPCC and DAWN Charitable Trust, amongst others.Ĭurrently, Imran is writing his BBC Radio 4 pilot “Imran Yusuf: Relabelled” for broadcast in 2021. Still as passionate about video games as he was in his childhood, Imran continues to work with the games industry and since 2013 has been a patron of video games industry charity GamesAid, hosting the annual fundraiser Stand Up for GamesAid comedy show. In his previous career, Imran worked in the video games industry for Midway Games, Argonaut, Eidos, SEGA Europe, Kuju London and Performance Designed Products.
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When not writing and performing stand up comedy, Imran also acts in various tv and film projects like “Fried” (BBC3), “Ultimate Brain” (CBBC) and “Gormint” (Amazon Prime Video). In 2019, Imran teamed-up with Orthodox Jewish comedian Ashley Blaker for their joint show “Prophet Sharing” in a UK tour with three successful sold-out shows at London’s prestigious Jewish cultural centre JW3 and at academic faith forum The Woolf Institute in Cambridge. Creating 5 solo shows “An Audience with Imran Yusuf” (2010), “Bring The Thunder” (2011), “Roar of The Underdog” (2014), “Super Roar of The Underdog Turbo X: HD Remix” (2015) and “Saint, Sinner, Sufi” (2018). Imran’s TV debut was also made shortly after the festival appearing on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC1) and the Edinburgh Comedy Fest (BBC3) broadcast in September 2010, followed by his own pilot The Imran Yusuf Show (BBC3) in 2012.ĭedicated to his craft, Imran continues to write and perform all his own material. All of this whilst fasting between sunrise and sunset in observation of Ramadan.
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However, word about the show got out and within a week Imran had gained his first 5 star review, which led to the coveted nomination for Best Newcomer in the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 (He was the first performer from The Free Festival to be nominated in the history of the Awards). “An Audience with Imran Yusuf”, was part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival and it was Imran’s intention to develop his craft and material at the Fringe whilst at the same time keeping under the radar of the UK comedy industry and Press. Imran Yousuf s entire cricket career and photos, A Complete statistics of Pakistan national cricket team player of ODI, test, Twenty20 Domestic and International records. In 2010, he appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010 with his first solo show An Audience with. He won a stand-up competition at Newbury Comedy Festival in 2004. He started his full-time career in comedy in 2003 after quitting the video game industry. In 2010, Imran presented his debut solo show at the Edinburgh Festival. Imran Yusuf first performed in 2000 at a comedy show hosted by comedian Jeff Mirza. What he gleaned would change him forever and influence him to become who he is today. He has travelled much of the world including Israel/Palestine and Saudi Arabia during the Lebanon Crisis in 2006 in an all-encompassing pilgrimage for which he quit his job and spent his savings. Imran is of East-African Indian descent, born in Mombasa, Kenya but raised in London with a brief stint studying illegally in the USA.
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He attended Global MBA at Manchester Business School, completed under-graduation from one of the top business school in Turkey and is a certified Senior Human Resources professional (SHRM).Renowned as a skilful raconteur who can seamlessly weave socio-political satire with heartfelt introspection into his charming and endearing trademark style, Imran Yusuf is a languid, punchy, cheeky and utterly lovable comedian, who has been a pioneering voice in the world of modern British comedy and across the world, racking up over 7 million hits on YouTube ! Imran is committed to raising the Talent performance in the Middle East through unique business models and the latest international best practices as he appreciates the complex regional strategic issues, corporate culture, and leadership landscape. Having worked with world's top 10 in the field of Human Resources for the last 20+ years placing numerous C-level and board executive in some of the top organizations here in the Region. Imran's dream is "Workplaces where people are more excited about their weekdays than their weekends!"Īs a truly global leader who has lived and worked across four continents, an entrepreneur who has founded and co-founded businesses, a CEO, a board member and advisor for tech start-ups, a Business and leadership advisor to family businesses, an executive coach to C-Suite and finally as a certified Senior Human Resources professional, Imran brings a unique perspective to the table.