Aamer Rahman
| Aamer Rahman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 October 1982 Saudi Arabia |
| Medium | Stand-up, Television, Film |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Satire, Deadpan, Sarcasm |
| Subject(s) | Racism, Racism in Australia, Political humour, War on Terror, Terrorism, Race relations, Immigration, Religion, Protest, Current events |
| Spouse | Que Ali (m. 2012) |
| Website | www |
Aamer Rahman (Bengali: আমার রহমান; born 17 October 1982) is an Australian stand-up comedian of Bangladeshi descent. He is best known as one half of comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet, along with Nazeem Hussain.
Rahman's parents, Rezina Rahman and Mushfiq Rahman, were both born and brought up in Bangladesh.
Rahman's father is an engineer. After Rahman's parents got married in Bangladesh they moved to the Middle East.
Rahman was born in Saudi Arabia, although his family often travelled to Bangladesh. He lived in Saudi Arabia until the age of six when his family moved to Australia. They then moved to Oman when he was 10 years old, before returning to Australia when he was 13 years old. He grew up in the western and eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
His childhood was spent moving between Australia and the Middle East. He has a younger sister, Rasha Rahman.
Rahman graduated from Monash University with a degree in Law. However he did not use his law degree, although during his time at university he became involved in political protests around issues such as mandatory detention, refugees, and cuts to higher education.
In 2004, Rahman met Nazeem Hussain at an Islamic awards function, as a result of their support for asylum seekers and for anti-racism activism. They became friends and did youth work together in Melbourne.
In 2007, Hussain entered Triple J's Raw Comedy Award open mic competition at the Melbourne Comedy Festival After seeing Hussain compete, Rahman also decided to enter. They beat hundreds of other hopefuls to reach the Victorian State final together. Hussain reached the Victorian final. Rahman won the state final and went onto the national finals where he was voted the runner-up in a performance that was screened on ABC Television.
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