Omar Abdulaziz

Omar Abdulaziz Al-Zahrani is a Saudi Arabian Canadian dissident video blogger and activist living in exile in Montreal, Canada. As recounted in the film The Dissident, he was close friends and worked with Jamal Khashoggi, dissident Saudi journalist assassinated by Saudi government agents at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Al-Zahrani is a member of the National Assembly Party.

Biography He hosts a YouTube satire program known for its criticism of the kingdom and its leadership. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company named Abdulaziz in an internal report as one of the top Saudi influencers on Twitter.

Abdulaziz was close friends Khashoggi was later assassinated by Saudi Arabia. Abdulaziz's two brothers and several friends are imprisoned in their homes in Saudi Arabia because of their links to him.

According to a 2026 report by The Guardian, Saudi authorities requested that U.S. social media companies block or restrict the accounts of activist Omar Abdulaziz inside the kingdom. In response, Meta restricted access to 108 Instagram accounts and Facebook pages in April 2026—including Abdulaziz's account. Meanwhile, Snapchat removed his account without notifying him.