Ali Jahangiri (; born 6 June 1981 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-born Finnish stand up comedian and media presenter.Oppitunti huumorista, Kirkko ja kaupunki 28 January 2013. Accessed on 8 February 2013. He often makes jokes about the prejudice the Finns feel towards immigrants.Karppinen, Mari: Muslimi stand up -koomikko vääntää ennakkoluuloista huumoria , MTV 27 March 2011. Accessed on 9 August 2015.
Life and career In spring 2012 and spring 2013 Jahangiri hosted the reality show on Sub.Koskinen, Jerri: He ovat Viidakon tähtöset -ohjelman kilpailijat , Savon Sanomat 20 November 2012. Accessed on 8 February 2013. He also hosted the radio show Ali ja Husu on the station from January 2013 to 2016 together with Abdirahim Hussein.Upola, Terhi: Hyvät kuulijat, täällä uusi suomalainen , Helsingin Sanomat 11 January 2013. Accessed on 9 August 2015. In summertime from 2013 to 2016 Jahangiri had his own talk show Ali Show on Yle Puhe.Ali Show, Yle Areena. Accessed on 9 August 2015. The last episode of Ali ja Husu was heard on Yle Puhe on 2 June 2016. In autumn 2016 the slot was taken by a new program hosted by multi-cultural women, with Jahangiri as the producer.Ali ja Husu päättyy ja elokuun lopulla alkaa Mahadura & Özberkan , YLE 19 May 2016. Accessed on 19 May 2016.
Jahangiri graduated as master of managerial economics from the Aalto University in 2012.Kytölä, Laura: Ali Jahangirin mielestä liika suosio pilaa komiikan. (40th anniversary interview), Helsingin Sanomat 6 June 2021, p. C20. . Accessed on 7 June 2021. He started stand up comedy in 2004.Pystynen, Venla: Sotalapsista tuli koomikkoja – "Isä ja äiti loukkaantuivat Alin vitseistä tosi paljon" , Helsingin Sanomat 1 August 2015. Accessed on 9 August 2015. Aside from being a stand up comedian and a presenter, Jahangiri has worked as a project manager at the consulting company . He also has a smoothie stand at the Jumbo shopping centre in Vantaa together with his father, where they use fruit from grocery stores that would otherwise go to waste.Mykkänen, Pekka: Alin tyyli on alatyyli , Helsingin Sanomat 24 February 2013. Accessed on 28 July 2013.
Jahangiri came to Finland together with his family as refugees in 1991. His father had worked in Iran as an electrician and his mother as a nurse. Jahangiri also has a younger brother Efi, who is a physician and also does stand up comedy.
In spring 2017 Jahangiri competed on the tenth season of the Tanssii tähtien kanssa show. He ranked third together with his dance partner .
On 1 October 2018 the first episode of the English-language podcast How Bad Was That with Ali & James was published, with Jahangiri and stand up comedian James Lórien MacDonald expressing humorous opinions about current matters.How Bad Was That with Ali & James, Radio Helsinki. Accessed on 1 October 2018.
In September 2021 Jahangiri announced he would start work as an entrepreneur at his own Kesko grocery store.Tani, Iida: Ali Jahangirilta yllätyspäätös – ryhtyy K-kauppiaaksi, Ilta-Sanomat 27 September 2021. Accessed on 27 September 2021.
Filmography Jingle Bells (2022)
References
External links
Yle Areena – Ali ja Husu Yle Areena – Ali Show Yle Areena – Ali ja Polina