THE ONES WE FOLLOW · قدوة — مَن نتابِع
Who the region follows — and why.
Qudwa is the publication of record for the Middle East & North Africa creator economy — the creators, the platforms, the money, and the culture of online influence across the Gulf, the Levant, and North Africa.
CreatorsProfiles and rising talent across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Snap, X and TwitchPlatformsAlgorithm and feature shifts, monetization changes, regional availability and platform quirksBusinessCreator rates, brand deals, agencies and MCNs, creator fundsBrandsInfluencer marketing that worksCultureTrends, regional humor, Arabic/English code-switching, and the Khaleeji, Levantine and Egyptian scenes shaping taste.
The IndexUpdated periodically · May 2026
The ones we follow,
ranked.
A running, data-led read on the region’s most influential and fastest-rising creators — the editorial centerpiece that literally is qudwa.
01
AboFlah
— New
02
Ahmed El-Ghandour (Da7ee7)
— New
03
Ilyas El Maliki
— New
04
Abir El Saghir
— New
05
Huda Kattan
— New
See the full Index → Methodology: reach, growth velocity & regional relevance.
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