Biography
Omar Abdulaziz, also credited as Omar Abdulaziz Alzahrani, is a Saudi Arabian video blogger and activist. He appears as himself in the 2020 documentary The Dissident, directed by Bryan Fogel, which examines the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
Born in Jeddah in 1991, Abdulaziz moved to Canada as a student. He was granted political asylum there in 2014 after criticising the Saudi government and became a permanent resident in 2017. He lives in exile in Montreal and hosts a YouTube programme known for its satirical criticism of the Saudi leadership. He directed the 2018 video Goodbye Jamal.
