Mahdi Gilbert

Mahdi Gilbert
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Magician
Website mahdigilbert.com

Mahdi Gilbert is a Canadian professional sleight of hand card magician. He was born without hands and feet and so had to individually create all of the techniques he employs in his illusions.[1] He's stated, "I had to become self-sufficient from an early age; there's no magic books written for me."[2][3]

Gilbert appeared on the third season of Penn & Teller: Fool Us. He performed a version of the card trick Oil and Water, which fooled Penn Jillette and Teller, granting him a trip to Las Vegas to appear for the duo's opening act. Gilbert appeared in the documentary Our Magic, created by R. Paul Wilson.[4] He also contributed to the research of the book The Greatest German Living by Ricky Jay, which is about Matthias Buchinger, who was similarly born without hands or feet.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "Mahdi Gilbert | Conjuring Arts | Conjuring Arts". conjuringarts.org. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  2. ↑ R Paul Wilson (2015-11-19), Mahdi Gilbert - OUR MAGIC, retrieved 2016-08-22
  3. ↑ "Watch Our Magic Online | Vimeo On Demand". Vimeo. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Handless magician fools Penn & Teller". Boing Boing. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
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