YourFellowArab#Kidnapping
{{Short description|American YouTuber and streamer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = YourFellowArab
| birth_name = Addison Pierre Maalouf
| nationality = American
| image = File:Addison Pierre "Arab".jpg
| caption = YourFellowArab in 2024
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- YouTuber
- live streamer
- internet personality
- journalist
}}
| website = {{URL|arabuncut.com}}
| pseudonym = Arab
| channel_handle = arab
| channel_display_name = YourFellowArab
| channel_handle2 = ArabLive
| channel_display_name2 = Arab Live
| channel_handle3 = ArabBrasil
| channel_display_name3 = Arab Brasil
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| subscribers = 1.64 million (main)
2.1 million (combined)
| views = 583 million
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- IShowSpeed
- Sneako
}}
| silver_year =
| silver_button = yes
| gold_year = 2023
| gold_button = yes
| module = {{Infobox Twitch streamer|subbox=yes
| channel_name = Arab
| years_active = 2016–2023
| followers = 622,000
| games = {{hlist|Grand Theft Auto V|Fortnite}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Gaming
- IRL streams
}}
}}
}}
Addison Pierre Maalouf ({{Langx|ar|أديسون بيير معلوف}}), known online as YourFellowArab or Arab, is an American YouTuber and online streamer based in Atlanta, Georgia.{{cite web | url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2024/03/29/arab-american-youtuber-reportedly-kidnapped-in-haiti/ | title=Arab-American YouTuber reportedly released following kidnapping in Haiti }} He became known for touring dangerous locations and went viral for meeting up with gangs in Latin America and Lebanon.
Online career
=Gaming and Twitch streaming=
Maalouf uploaded his first YouTube video on April 18, 2016, where he began making commentary and skits and later began live-streaming himself playing video games like Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto V. In 2019 he partook in Fortnite tournaments winning prize money and started coaching other people on the game.
After the 2020 Beirut explosion, Maalouf raised nearly $20,000 in donations for the Red Cross.{{Cite web |title=Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers |url=https://tiltify.com/@yourfellowarab/yourfellowarab-red-cross-stream-for-lebanon |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=tiltify.com}}
On October 30, 2021, he uploaded a video titled "The End" where he announced that he would stop live-streaming video games and instead start filming real-life interactions with people. He also launched his website, Arabuncut.com.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf-KROUSYOk | title=The end | website=YouTube | date=October 29, 2021 }}
=Adventures=
On December 11, 2022, he uploaded a video on YouTube titled "im lost" where he expressed his desire to document and explore dangerous and rarely visited areas himself. Some of his first viral videos was of him exploring South Africa and documenting a rare meeting with Nouh Zaiter, a Lebanese drug lord wanted by Interpol, in the Beqaa Valley.{{Cite web |title='يوتيوبر' لبناني شهير مخطوف في هايتي |url=https://www.mtv.com.lb/news/%D9%85%D9%80%D9%80%D8%AD%D9%80%D9%80%D9%84%D9%80%D9%80%D9%8A%D9%80%D9%80%D8%A7%D8%AA/1434850/-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1--%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%81-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A |access-date=April 1, 2024 |website=MTV Lebanon |language=ar}} In July 2023, he gained large media attention internationally after interviewing members of the Balaclava-clad favela gang in Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite web |last=Aiken |first=Adam |date=September 24, 2023 |title=Balaclava-clad favela gang with AK-47s reveal how traitors are dealt with |url=https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/balaclava-clad-favela-gang-ak-31017309 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=Daily Star |language=en}} He revisited Brazil in January 2024 with YouTuber IShowSpeed; they visited Cidade de Deus community in Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2024 |title=Turismo do crime: rappers e youtubers estrangeiros viralizam nas redes ao posarem com drogas e armas em favelas do Rio |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/noticia/2024/01/10/turismo-do-crime-rappers-e-youtubers-estrangeiros-viralizam-nas-redes-ao-posarem-com-drogas-e-armas-em-favelas-do-rio.ghtml |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=O Globo |language=pt-br}}
Kidnapping
Amidst an ongoing gang war, on March 13, 2024, Maalouf traveled to Haiti to interview a gang leader named Jimmy Chérizier. However, 24 hours after Maalouf's arrival, he was allegedly taken by members of the 400 Mawozo gang and held for a ransom of $40,000 (which increased to $600,000) along with his guide Sean Roubens Jean Sacra.{{Cite web |last=IV |first=Antonio Pequeño |title=American YouTuber Reportedly Kidnapped In Haiti—What We Know About His Disappearance |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/03/29/american-youtuber-reportedly-kidnapped-in-haiti-what-we-know-about-his-disappearance/ |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Vaishnavi |first1=Arya |date=March 29, 2024 |title=YouTuber YourFellowArab kidnapped in Haiti for $600k ransom while trying to interview gang leader 'Barbecue' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/youtuber-yourfellowarab-kidnapped-in-haiti-on-600k-ransom-101711718366897.html |access-date=March 30, 2024 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en }} On March 28, Maalouf's brother posted on X (formerly Twitter) confirming his disappearance, as did fellow YouTuber Miles Routledge and close friend Sneako.{{Cite web |date=March 29, 2024 |title=YouTuber YourFellowArab kidnapped in Haiti for $600k ransom while trying to interview gang leader 'Barbecue' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/youtuber-yourfellowarab-kidnapped-in-haiti-on-600k-ransom-101711718366897.html |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}} On March 30, 2024, Maalouf announced on X that he had been released.{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2024 |title=YouTuber YourFellowArab Released In Haiti, Was Kidnapped 'Due To Color' |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/world/yourfellowarab-released-in-haiti-says-was-kidnapped-due-to-color-article-108908683 |access-date=March 31, 2024 |website=TimesNow |language=en}} On April 5, 2024, Maalouf released his first interview about the kidnapping via his YouTube channel and later released a video series that documented the kidnapping.