The biggest social media influencers in Qatar managed to gain an international audience beyond the gulf region. We have listed Qatari and other foreigners who are influential in social media and are residing in Qatar. They are the most influential and captivating on social media.
Haneen Al SaifyOne of the most famous veiled fashion gurus in the Arab world, she has hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and is the face of marketing promotions for many luxurious brands.
She describes herself as a chemical engineer who followed her passion to inspire everyone around her positively in different fields such as fashion, makeup, and lifestyle.
The top 5 countries where Haneen has the most engagement on her posts are from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and France.
Sabrine Saad MalekShe was born in the Netherlands in 1990 and is known as SabrineCat. Sabrine is one of the leading activists of the female economical empowerment wave in North Africa and the Middle East,
She lives in Doha, Qatar, and recently launched her own ‘modest’ swimwear brand for veiled ladies.
SabrineCat enjoys popular influence as she shows that style with hijab lives up to the modern western fashion brands.
Haneen said: “I think Hijabi fashion blogs helped cast a light on the true needs of Hijabi women and drew the attention of A-list brand-names towards our requirements as Hijabi females.“
As a successful entrepreneur and social media icon, Abdullah Al-Ghafiri utilized platforms like Instagram and Snapchat to daze hundreds of thousands of younger people. Al-Ghafiri owns many cafes, restaurants, and fashion brands, yet he still makes time to post engaging content to his followers on a daily basis.
Al-Ghafri said: “My advice is to be natural and do what you love. On social media, consistency is very important. For the last six years, I have had to show up every day on Snapchat. That was very hard, but I had to do it, even when I was tired or sick.”.
She graduated from the College of Mass Communication at Qatar University, and started her career with “Al Khaleej Voice” Radio, then moved to work as a presenter for Qatar TV, and currently on Al Jazeera Channel.
Asma Al Hammadi is one of the prominent names in social media, with an Instagram following of Hundreds of thousands of followers.
Afra Al-Marri is a Qatari entrepreneur and beauty expert enjoys high engagement on her Instagram account. She is the owner of Afra Beauty Center, for manicure, makeup and skin care.
Al-Marri is also passionate and active in charitable causes and events.
Mohammed Saadoun Al-KuwariMohammad Saadon Alkuwari is a famous sports presenter, who is most known for presenting the World Cup, Champions League and Premier League on Bein sports. The former tennis player holds two master’s degrees in media and business, respectively.
Alkuwari is one of the respected journalists known to viewers in the Middle East and North Africa and he has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
Al-Kuwari turned his love for fashion into opening a tailored clothing business by the name of BARIŞ BESPOKE, with two international locations one in Qatar, and the other in Istanbul.
Hadeel GhassanHadeel Ghassan is a prominent blogger and writer living in Qatar, she holds an MA in Comparative Literature from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.
What started as sharing her diaries on Facebook soon grew to a huge social media influence where Hadeel writes about contemporary issues related to pregnancy and womanhood.
Hadeel is followed by hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, and she has many humanitarian and charitable activities.
Samar Al-AhmedSamar Al-Ahmed is an instagram model and one of the popular social media influencers in Qatar and the Arab countries. She reviews beauty products for her followers and shares stylish photo-shoots.
Al-Ahmed focuses on everything related to women, including cosmetics, fashion, and especially “abayas- Jalabiyya”..
Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint HamadShe is the sister of Qatar’s ruling Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and she is one of the influential Qatari figures on social media.
Al-Mayassa was declared the most influential person in art on ArtReview’s Power 100, and prominently appears on the Time 100, and Forbes’ The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.
A Qatari blogger, entrepreneur, and beauty expert specializing in the arts of makeup and cosmetics, and she is one of the top beauty influencers on social media.
Lady Aisha was able to enter the markets of the Gulf countries and the Arab countries, through her company specialized in international cosmetics, accessories, and perfumes.
A Qatari sports journalist, born in 1986, popular in presenting analytical commentary on football matches and has thousands of followers on social media.
“Al-Nasr”, who is considered one of the distinctive faces that joined the “Bein Sports” screen,
She is the first female Qatari TV presenter. She started her career as a teacher and decided that her passion resides in the media industry.
On Qatar Television her show is a talk show that discusses various issues, local, regional and international.
It offers a variety of news, receives guests from different fields, exchanges experiences, and knowledge..
Rania IbrahimRania Ibrahim is a Qatari poet and writer, interested in many fields and activities, and has recently emerged as one of the pioneers in the field of cosmetics, and everything related to fashion and beauty.
She engineered the set up of the first Qatari beauty brand, which offered modern and trendy makeup brushes and tools.
She has thousands of followers on social media and is also one of the leading skincare and makeup experts.
Khadija Ben QennahKhadija Ben Qennah, a well-known media personality and Aljazeera TV presenter.
She was born in Algeria in 1965 and graduated from the Department of Radio and Television at the Media Institute at the University of Algiers.
She received the award from Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland at Burj al-Arab Hotel in Dubai, and this is a prize that reflects the important role played by women in the Al Jazeera media channel in all areas of editorial work, technical and field.