Adib Alkhalidey

Alkhalidey was born in 1988 in Ouarzazate, Morocco, to an Iraqi father and a Moroccan mother. His father had fled from the regime of Saddam Hussein to Morocco, and later relocated the family to Canada.^[2]

Alkhalidey graduated from the École nationale de l'humour in Montreal in 2010.^[2]

Alkhalidey works as a comedian and a columnist on radio and television. He also writes for other comedians and was the recipient of the Jury Prize at the Franco-Québec Comedy Festival in 2012 and won the Revelation of the Year at the Olivier Awards Gala in 2013.^[1]

In October 2015, during the Canadian federal election, Alkhalidey was criticized for mocking women who wore niqab to vote, comparing them with a person wearing a potato sack over their heads.^[2][3]

He subsequently achieved success with his show T******k, which won the Félix Award for Comedy Show of the Year in 2023.^[4]

In 2023, he released a new musical album, over which he embarked on a tour across Canada.^[5]

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