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Pakistan

country · in 23 sources (2017–2020)

Sources by year: 2017: 2 · 2018: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2020: 11

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Ali Abdaal's grandmother (8) · Ali Abdaal's mother (6) · Singapore (3) · St Albans (2) · WhatsApp (2) · Christian (2) · Netflix (2) · Taimur Abdaal (4) · University of Cambridge (5) · Personal statement (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

2019

Also named in: Arrogance, Expectations & Inspiration - Personal Q&A with my Brother · Ali & Taimur Abdaal

2018

  • 2018-04-02 · Pakistan Society Ball - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #28 — Ali: Singing the Pakistan national anthem at the Pakistan Society Ball is a tradition Ali started three years earlier as president: the ball had never sung it before, though India did, so he called for some national pride. — 00:00:58
  • 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali says some governments, such as Singapore's and Malaysia's, and organisations in India and Pakistan pay Cambridge fees for really clever students. — 00:19:02
  • 2018-06-12 · Live Stream - Tuesday Evening Hangout — Ali: Many applicants, especially from India and Pakistan, dream of a scholarship to study medicine at Cambridge, but Ali says that for the most part there is no such thing: very few scholarships exist. — 00:34:19
    • The few scholarships to Cambridge come from private organisations or governments, not the university, Ali says: the Singaporean government funds many students, and two of his friends from Pakistan won a private company's engineering scholarship that about 400 people applied for. — 00:35:00
  • 2018-08-24 · Answering personal questions - 50k subs Q&A — Ali was born in Pakistan in 1994, lived there about two years, then about five years in Lesotho in southern Africa, then another year in Pakistan while his mother took the PLAB, the exam international doctors take to work in UK medicine. — 00:05:12
  • 2018-09-15 · Study Tips for First Year Medical Students — Ali: Highlighting and copying notes out of Grey's Anatomy can take five hours for what someone does in 20 minutes with Wikipedia and Anki, Ali says; the narrative that hours count is common, especially among parents from India, Pakistan and the subcontinent. — 00:12:06
  • 2018-10-25 · iPhone XS Max Review - Is it worth it? — Ali: Posting more on Instagram builds memories Ali can share with his grandma and family in Pakistan, and, as a YouTuber, builds his personal brand for later benefits. — 00:08:25

2017