Casablanca- Second most popular search engine in the world, Yahoo, has recently unveiled its top 10 list of most searched keywords and celebs in 2013. The names of two Maghreban celebs are on the list, and one of the two is a Moroccan humorist.
Yahoo, the American, second most widely used search engine in the world, has recently shared its top 10 list of most searched keywords and personalities in 2013. Moroccan-French stand-up Comedian, Gad El Maleh ranked 10th most searched personality in France.
While the name of Gad El Maleh, a Jewish-Moroccan humorist who’s among France’s most favorite stand-up performers, ranked 10th most searched keyword in Yahoo, his name appeared 4th on another Top 10 list of most “Yahooed” personalities on Yahoo.fr.
Gad El Maleh, however, was not the only French celeb with Maghrebean origins to figure on Yahoo’s Top 10 classification. The French star Nabilla Benattia, born to an Algerian father, wowed her fans by ranking second on the Top 10 most searched celeb on Yahoo, ahead of international diva Rihanna.
Gad El Maleh also ranked ahead of other world celebs, namely Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus and Psy. Topping the Top 10 list is the royal couple Kate Middleton and Prince George.
El Maleh was born in Casablanca, and studied at the city’s Lycée Lyautey. He then head to Montreal to study political science, and then to Paris to study drama. His first stand-up performance was in 1997, and was entitled Décalages (time lags).
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