Muhammad Saim Rehman

content creator and LUMS student

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Muhammad Saim Rehman is a storyteller and content creator at LUMS (third-year undergraduate). Rehman said digital media is the career path he wants to follow. He wants to use his degree to commercialize what he is passionate about.

Early life and background

Rehman said he was in Pindi during nursery, went to Sialkot once in class one, and mostly lived in Lahore. He said his father often went from place to place. He said his parents set very high expectations for him throughout his life. He said he has had a strong interest in acting since school, including school plays. He said he is almost 22 years old. [1]

Education

Rehman studies at LUMS and is in his third year. He has experience at both BMI and LUMS. He took an introductory psychology course in the second semester of his first year. He decided to minor in social psychology, and he said he loves psychology. [1]

His courses include Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in Business, which he said teaches data collection through surveys and analysis in SPSS. He is also taking Game Theory, which he describes as an economics course, and he cited the Prisoner's Dilemma as a classic game from it. He is taking Personal Effectiveness, which he finds very therapeutic. He said he failed the first of two calculus midterms. [1]

Rehman said he does not think success depends on doing Matric and FSc or O and A levels. He said that after his first year he cared less about academic results than before. He said his focus has shifted to things he feels are more important. [1]

He said that when LUMS graduates leave, a bubble bursts for them and a realization hits them. He said LUMS sets its students apart from the rest of Pakistan. [1]

Career

Rehman said digital media is the career path he wants to follow. He wants to use his degree to commercialize what he is passionate about. He said he has been making content since 2013 or 2014. [1]

He started on Vine, then moved to Facebook, where he made comedy sketches. He said that he and others made content regularly, with two or three videos each week. He then moved on to YouTube. Next he tried making vlogs, and his first vlog was made in the style of another creator. He found he liked cinematic work and then moved into travel filmmaking. [1]

He said that after six or seven years on Instagram he had about 1,200 followers. He made, edited and held back episodes about his parents, and said episodes he did not post sat with him for a month or two. He said his family told him there was no problem with him making videos about them. [1]

He said he had never received such recognition and appreciation for his work. He said people often praised his storytelling. He admitted he wanted to become famous, and said he made content for enjoyment, not only for fame. He plans future episodes about his sister, his cat and himself. [1]

Views

Rehman said he noticed that Karachi people speak in a very different way. He said he and other people from Islamabad are burgers. He said Karachi residents have normalised traumatic incidents as a coping mechanism. He said no one deserves to live in an environment where they go through very traumatic incidents. He said a person who has gone through something traumatic needs rehabilitation to get away from it and come back into the real world. [1]

He said he learned a sense of empathy, which he thinks he might not have found elsewhere. He said he sees very empathetic people growing. He said there are many weird questions in the world and he feels he could provide people the answers to them. [1]

Timeline

2013 or 2014
Began making content[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2021-12-08 The LUMS bubble: empathy, burgers, and life after the gate Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Muhammad Saim Rehman?

Muhammad Saim Rehman is a content creator and a student at LUMS, where he is in his third year. He has made content since 2013 or 2014.[1]

What does Muhammad Saim Rehman do?

Muhammad Saim Rehman makes content, and says digital media is the career path he wants to follow. He started on Vine, moved to Facebook and then to YouTube. He later moved into travel filmmaking.[1]

Where did Muhammad Saim Rehman study?

Muhammad Saim Rehman studies at LUMS and is in his third year. He also has experience at BMI.[1]

Where did Muhammad Saim Rehman grow up?

Muhammad Saim Rehman said he was in Pindi during nursery and went to Sialkot once in class one. He mostly lived in Lahore.[1]

When did Muhammad Saim Rehman start making content?

Muhammad Saim Rehman said he has been making content since 2013 or 2014. He began on Vine, then moved to Facebook, where he made comedy sketches.[1]

What kind of content does Muhammad Saim Rehman make?

Muhammad Saim Rehman has made comedy sketches, vlogs and travel films. He also made episodes about his parents.[1]

References

  1. The LUMS bubble: empathy, burgers, and life after the gate . Thought Behind Things , 2021-12-08.
Show the source passages (51 statements)
  1. He is studying at LUMS and is in his third year. I am studying in LUMS. I am in my third year.
  2. He was in Pindi during nursery, went to Sialkot once in class one, and mostly lived in Lahore. main matlab shuru mein Pindi mein tha when nursery wala time and ek dafa Sialkot gaya tha jab class one mein tha but majority maine Lahore mein hi hum rehte the.
  3. He says his father often went from place to place. And baba idhar udhar jate rehte the.
  4. He took an introductory psychology course in the second semester of his first year. psychology maine apne second semester mein na first year ke liya tha human behavior se that's the intro to psych course.
  5. He decided to minor in social psychology. maine decide kar liya tha ke I have to minor in this. Toh social psychology is all about.
  6. He says he loves psychology. I love psychology. Main usme minor kar raha hoon isliye.
  7. He is taking a course called Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in Business. It's called Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in Business.
  8. He says the research methods course teaches data collection through surveys and analysis in SPSS. data gather karte ho through surveys and all of that and you run it through various programs jismein humein jo sikhaya ja raha hai it's called SPSS
  9. He is taking Game Theory, which he describes as an economics course. I have Game Theory which is an economic course.
  10. He is taking Personal Effectiveness, which he finds very therapeutic. I have Personal Effectiveness which is which is very therapeutic mere liye.
  11. He cites the Prisoner's Dilemma as a classic game from game theory. I can give you an example of a game jo bahut humein classic padhai jati hai and that's basically called the Prisoner's Dilemma.
  12. He says he failed the first of two calculus midterms. mujhe ek dafa yaad hai calculus ke midterm mein do midterms hone the uske. Pehle midterm mein I failed.
  13. He does not think success depends on doing Matric and FSc or O and A levels. I don't think that depends ke aap matric FSc karo ya O A levels karo.
  14. He says his parents set very high expectations for him throughout his life. meri saari zindagi amma abba ne na expectations bahut oonchi rakhi hui hain
  15. He says that after his first year he cared less about academic results than before. But after the first year I sort of realized ki bhai I don't care as much as I did pehle about academics
  16. He says his focus has shifted to things he feels are more important. To ab mera focus on things that I feel are more important unpe chala gaya.
  17. He says that when LUMS graduates leave, a bubble bursts for them and a realization hits them. LUMS se bahar nikalte hi na unki ek dam se na ek bubble sa phat ta hai unke liye unki ek realization hit karti hai
  18. He says he learned a sense of empathy, which he thinks he might not have found elsewhere. maine sense of empathy seekhi hai aur kya kehte hain wo cheez hai wo mujhe shayad kahin aur na milti and I'm glad that I did learn that.
  19. He says he noticed that Karachi people speak in a very different way. Karachi walon ki ek maine cheez notice ki hai ke they're they the way they speak it's very different
  20. He says that he and the other people from Islamabad are burgers. hum basically we are the burgers. Hum burger log hain Islamabad wale.
  21. He says LUMS sets its students apart from the rest of Pakistan. And LUMS wali cheez hum humein poore I think Pakistan se differentiate karta hai.
  22. He says that, in his observation, people often go into data science and consultancy. jo mere uh observation mein wagera hai na woh basically data science wagera mein log chale jaate hain, um consultancy mein log chale jaate hain.
  23. He says digital media is the career path he wants to follow. woh yahi media wali hai, digital media jisko main hamesha saari zindagi chalata aaya hoon na.
  24. He wants to use his degree to commercialize what he is passionate about. I want to use this degree that I have to maybe you know commercialize what I am passionate about.
  25. He says he has been making content since 2013 or 2014. 2013, 14 se na banata aa raha hoon.
  26. He started on Vine, then moved to Facebook, where he made comedy sketches. Started from Vine, Vine se Facebook, Facebook pe woh funny comedy sketches wagera bana liye
  27. He says that he and others made content regularly, with two or three videos each week. we used to make content bahut regularly like har week do videos, do teen videos aati thin
  28. He then moved on to YouTube. ab wahan se main phir aaya YouTube par
  29. He then tried making vlogs. maine phir kaha ke oh let's try these vlogs jo yeh hote hain na
  30. His first vlog was made in the style of another creator. To first I made one jo David Dobrik style ka tha.
  31. He found he liked cinematic work, and then moved into travel filmmaking. I I realized ke mujhe cinematic cheez pasand hai. Then I came on to travel filmmaking.
  32. He said that after six or seven years on Instagram he had about 1,200 followers. Like I'm on Insta for like six, seven years and mere kya hazaar, 1200 followers hain
  33. He made, edited and held back episodes about his parents. Maa-baap ke episodes banaye, edit kiye unko, khatam kar diye, post nahi kiye.
  34. He says episodes he did not post sat with him for a month or two. Do do ek mahine post nahi kiye, bas pade rahe the mere paas.
  35. He says that after someone shared it, people just kept coming in. phir Irfan bhai shared it and uski wajah se people just kept coming in
  36. He says his family told him there was no problem with him making videos about them. unse main bas poochta tha ke agar main aapki is tarah bana loon video ya kuch masla to nahi hoga, woh kehte the nahi, koi masla nahi.
  37. He admits he wanted to become famous. but like I admit maine famous hona tha, theek hai?
  38. He says he made content for enjoyment, not only for fame. It wasn't ke bas fame ke liye, maza bahut aata tha, but banata rehta tha.
  39. He says he has had a strong interest in acting since school, including school plays. Shuru se life mein kya kehte hain acting wagera ka uh kya kehte hain bahut zyada shauk tha, school plays and all of that
  40. He says he had never received such recognition and appreciation for his work. aisi recognition, aisa appreciation mujhe kabhi nahi mili thi kaam ke liye
  41. He says people often praised his storytelling. everyone was talking about ke saime storytelling bahut achhi hai
  42. He says the element was showing an ordinary life in a very raw way. It was the element of ke yaar aap ek badi ordinary life dikha rahe hain. It's very raw.
  43. He says Karachi residents have normalised traumatic incidents as a coping mechanism. I understand the Karachiite has a coping mechanism. Right? And so they they've normalized this for themselves, otherwise they will go mad
  44. He says no one deserves to live in an environment where they go through traumatic incidents like these. nobody, no human being deserves to live in this environment where they have to go through these very traumatic incidents.
  45. He says a person who has gone through something traumatic needs rehabilitation to get away from it and come back into the real world. You've gone through something traumatic and you need sort of rehabilitation to get away from that and come back into the real world
  46. He says he sees very empathetic people growing. I feel I see a very empathetic people growing.
  47. He plans future episodes about his sister, his cat and himself. abhi agla episode meri behan par hai, us se agla is on my cat and us se agla is on myself
  48. He says there are many weird questions in the world and he feels he could provide people the answers to them. there are a lot of weird questions in the world and people may not know if they want the answers to them but I feel like I could provide them those answers
  49. He said he is almost 22 years old. No! I am 22 almost. 22 almost.
  50. His full name is Muhammad Saim Rehman. In conversation with tonight’s guest, Muhammad Saim Rehman.
  51. He has experience at BMI and LUMS. How was his experience in BMI and in LUMS?