Digital creator Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi is under fire again for not acknowledging his privilege, and trying to prove that he belongs to a “middle-class family.”
During Tuesday’s episode of Shehzad Ghias Shaikh’s podcast Muzamil talked about his early life and his education at one of the most renowned and expensive schools, The Beaconhouse School System.
Is Syed Muzammil Hasan Zaidi elite?
— Shehzad Ghias Shaikh (@Shehzad89) November 29, 2022
Watch the full podcast on https://t.co/SR388wtRTl pic.twitter.com/ONIIvUnUT8
Ghias pointed out that Muzamil portrays him as a self-made man and talks about his struggles, however, his sister has studied at an elite private university, Lahore University of Management Sciences, and he always lived in an elite area.
Responding to this, Muzamil said that his sister studied at the university only with financial aid and stressed that he had grown up in a middle-class household.
When asked by Ghias that when did he go to the United States (US) for the first time, he replied, “In 9th grade.”
Following the interview, Twitterati was of the view that even if Muzamil belongs to the upper class he should admit it while others shared several memes related to the situation.
mein 9th sy pehly pakistan sy bahar nahi gaya, pic.twitter.com/uyEaJBiers
— Barbaad-O-Awazar (@parhaisharhai) November 29, 2022
*somebody calls me an elite*
— Aimuhhh (@Aimaimrankhan) November 30, 2022
Me for next 2 weeks pic.twitter.com/f8uYFvgaB5
Why do elites try so hard to look like middle class lol get a life.
— Fizza (@yvesfizza) November 30, 2022
elite people go to US for vacations, jab hum school mai thay hum vacations karne north nazimabad jaate thay nani ke ghar 😞
— Anas Tipu (@teepusahab) November 30, 2022
"im not elite, first time i went to US for vacations was in 9th grade" pic.twitter.com/CEDyhXlQ95
— Anas Tipu (@teepusahab) November 30, 2022
Muzammil ko uskay Papa bachpan mein zabardasti corolla mein bitha k school bhejtay huaypic.twitter.com/y45Wz4GdRX
— Khadiجah (@superkhadijaman) November 30, 2022
My God! How hard it is to acknowledge your privilege? Pakistani elites and there obsession with showing themselves as middle class 🤦♀️
— Hunza (@_hunzamalghanii) November 30, 2022