Abdullah Saeed

Abdullah Saeed (born May 18, 1984) is a Pakistani-American producer, composer, journalist, host, writer, podcaster, and comic. He produced and hosted several TV shows and documentaries for Vice.^[1]

Personal life[]

Saeed was born in New Hampshire to a Pakistani family.^[2] He grew up in Thailand, where his father worked at a college campus, and his mother is a nurse. He speaks both English and Urdu.^[2]

Career[]

Saeed began his career as a music journalist specializing in hip hop and electronic music. He has interviewed DJ Shadow, El-P, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Kid Koala, Freddie Gibbs, Migos, The Chainsmokers, and Zach Hill, among others.

He wrote a weekly online column called Weediquette from 2012 to 2014 and produced and hosted the first episode of the web series of the same name. His works include the James Beard Award-nominated series Bong Appétit^[3] and Vice Does America on Viceland, as well as the Webby Award-winning documentary Mad Honey.

Saeed stopped making content for Vice Media in protest in 2017 in the wake of allegations that Vice tolerated an abusive workplace culture and sexual harassment, and their practice of making employees sign “non-traditional workplace agreements” to protect themselves from being sued by employees for issues arising from said workplace culture.^[4]

Saeed is a former member of The Kominas. He is a writer and actor on the HBO series High Maintenance and is co-writing a film with Ben Sinclair for Fox Searchlight and New Regency.^[5] He co-hosts a podcast called Great Moments In Weed History.

Views[]

Saeed is an advocate for cannabis liberalization and education. He describes his family as "pretty liberal and open minded”.^[2]

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