Secular Spirit

Aleem (pseudonym), better known online as Secular Spirit is an ex-Muslim YouTuber who makes videos critical of religion.
==Personal life==
Aleem was born in the United Arab Emirates, to Palestinian parents, and raised as a Sunni Muslim. At the age of seventeen, he moved to Canada for university, and had an existential crisis. After becoming an atheist, he “just kind of moved on” with life. Aleem later learned that his parents had been pretending to be Muslim. Later, around 2015, when in journalism school, he chose to write an article on ex-Muslims.
==YouTube==
Aleem announced his channel in May 2021, having finished posting about his deconversion story on Twitter, which took two years.
Aleem uses a pseudonym for his safety.
His profile picture is a . This was chosen because owls represent wisdom, and he “likes how they always kinda look like they're angry.”
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Emirati YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2021