YouTube is the world’s leading online video-sharing platform and a tremendous source of entertainment. It’s home to many creatives and creators from around the world including Sudan. In recent years, we’ve seen a rising number of YouTubers from Sudan, creating content on culture, travel, healthy living and lifestyle, in general.
Here are some Sudanese YouTubers you should know about (if you don’t already):
Abir Ibrahim
Abir Ibrahim is a YouTuber based in Sudan with more than 26,500 subscribers, who has been blogging since 2014. She vlogs about her daily life in Sudan and her travels around the country. Working with NGOs in Sudan and Africa, she has also vlogged about travels to Ethiopia, Tanzania, Gambia and other African countries. In total, she has gained more than 1,500,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Abir Ibrahim
Social media: Instagram @realabiribrahim
Ahmed Jaffar (AJ O-MAX)
Ahmed Jaffar is a YouTuber is based in Sudan with more than 24,900 subscribers. He began creating videos on YouTube in 2012 on sports and gaming and other comical videos with other Sudanese YouTubers, performing challenges and talking about the country’s political and economic state. In total, he has gained more than 4,700,000 views on YouTube.
Language: Arabic
YouTube: Ahmed Jaffar
Social media: Twitter @aj_omax, Instagram @aj_omax
Ahmed Siddig Muhammed
Dr. Ahmed Siddig is a doctor and YouTuber based in Sudan with more than 11,800 subscribers. He began on YouTube in 2017, creating educational videos about neurology, medicine, and science. In total, he has gained more about 146,464 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Dr. Ahmed Siddig
Social media: Facebook, Instagram @asiddigm, Twitter @asiddigm
Ahmed Yasir
Ahmed Yasir is a Sudanese YouTuber, athlete and engineer student studying in the UK, with more than 40,600 subscribers. He creates lifestyle and fitness videos as well as travel videos focused on Sudan. In total, he has gained more than 1,600,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Ahmed Yasir Phenix
Social media: Instagram @ahmedyasir1, Facebook
Amena and Elias
Amena and Elias are a US-based Sudanese-Ethiopian married couple, who have been on YouTube since 2016 and have gained more more than 88,100 subscribers. Amena is Sudanese-American and Elias is Ethiopian-American, and they make lifestyle videos, often vlogging about their multi-cultural marriage, married life, culture, food, travel and more. In total, they have gained more 11,500,000 views on YouTube.
Language: English
YouTube: Amena and Elias
Social media: Instagram: @AmenaTeferi, @DesalegnElias
Ebaa Sheboun
Ebba Sheboun is a YouTuber based in Saudi Arabia with more than 74,000 subscribers. She began creating lifestyle videos on YouTube in 2017. In total, she has gained more than 6,900,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Ebba Sheboun
Social media: Snapchat @ehameed565, Instagram @ebaa_sh4, Twitter @ebaa_sheboun
Maha Jaafar (Maha AJ)
With more than 681,000 subscribers, Maha Jaafar is a well-known Sudanese-Iraqi YouTuber and comedian based in the UAE. She is one of the most popular social media personalities in the UAE and Sudan. She began creating videos in 2016 and instantly rose to fame with her comical impressions of different Arabic accents, landing her a feature on BBC News, Al Arabiya and other international news as well as joining Yemeni comedian Bader Saleh on his MBC show. In 2020, she was named UNICEF Sudan’s National Ambassador. She was also named as one of YouTube’s Creators for Change Ambassadors and Fellows. On her YouTube music video “A Love Letter to Sudan”, she showcased Sudan’s multi-cultural and multi-ethnic sides, gaining over 3.9 million views. In total, she has gained more than 34,700,600 views on YouTube.
Language: Mostly Arabic
YouTube: Maha AJ
Social media: Instagram @maha1aj, Twitter @Maha1aj
Mazin M A Rahman
Mazin M A Rahman is a travel videographer in Sudan with more than 34,100 subscribers on YouTube. He is also the cofounder of the tourism account, Visit Sudan. With the aim to show the warm and beautiful side of Sudan, he began creating videos in 2017 about travel and tourism in Sudan. In total, he gained more than 2,000,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Mazin Urso مازن أورسو
Social media: Facebook, Instagram @mazinurso
Muaz Osman
With more than 226,000 subscribers, Muaz Osman is one the most well-known and successful YouTubers from Sudan who has been featured on Sky News Arabic, BBC News Arabic and has been chosen as one of YouTube’s Creators for Change Ambassadors and Fellows. Making vlogs since 2013, Osman creates satirical vlogs documenting Sudan’s political, economical and social life. In addition, in Ratinah, he profiles unique and successful Sudanese talents. He also has two other YouTube channels, which are Nashrat Akhbar and 3azooz Gaming. In total, he has gained more than 20,100,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Muaz Osman
Social media: Facebook, Twitter @Mu3azOsman, Instagram @mu3azosman
Norseen Family
Norseen Family are a Sudanese-Irish married couple based in Ireland. Mehad is Sudanese and her husband Damien is Irish. They have been on YouTube since 2020 and quickly gained more than 45,600 subscribers. Mostly run by Mehad, their YouTube channel features videos on their marriage and family life, culture, travel, fashion and makeup, and hair and skin care. In total, they have gained more than 2,800,000 views.
Language: Arabic and English
YouTube: Norseen Family
Social media: Instagram @noorseen09150, Facebook
RAHMA Entertainment
Rahma is a surgeon and YouTuber based in Germany with more than 3,300 subscribers. She started her YouTube journey in 2017, making lifestyle videos on makeup, travel, culture and more. In total, she has gained more than 140,600 views on YouTube.
Language: Mostly Arabic, some English
YouTube: RAHMA Entertainment
Social media: Snapchat @ra7om_53, Instagram @ra7om_53, Twitter @53Ra7om
Waddaha Medani
Waddaha Medani is a YouTuber based in Ontario, Canada with more than 24,300 subscribers. She started her YouTube career in 2020, making videos about makeup, skincare, girl talks, culture and more. In total, she gained more than 560,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Waddaha Medani وضاحة
Shahd Batal
Shahd Batal is a Sudanese-American beauty and fashion blogger and YouTuber based in Los Angeles, California. Batal started her career on YouTube in 2014, first blogging about styling her natural hair and now detailing her makeup adventures as a hijab-wearing woman. With over 291,000 YouTube subscribers, Batal has become one of the most popular beauty vloggers with features on Vogue, Teen Vogue, PopSugar, Refinery29, Allure Magazine, Elite Daily and more. She is verified on all of her social media platforms. In total, she has more than 14,718,462 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Shahd Batal
Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Saad Alkabli
Saad Alkabli is a YouTuber based in Virginia, the US with more than 42,900 subscribers. He is the son of the well-respected Sudanese singer Abdelkarim Alkabli. He began on YouTube in 2009, posting videos of his father’s music and later began creating videos of successful Sudanese personalities and businesses in the US. In total, he has gained more than 2,600,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: Saad Alkabli
Social media: Facebook, Twitter @SaadAlkabli, Instagram @sakalkabli
Sudanese YouTube Channels on Public Opinion
Al7owsh
New to YouTube is Al7owsh, another Sudanese youth YouTube channel with lighthearted vox pox videos. It was launched in 2020 and has already gained more than 16,000 subscribers and more than 400,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: الحوش – Al7owsh
Almahatta
Almahatta is a Sudanese YouTube channel focused on creating videos on people’s public opinion. The comprehensive channel displays various types of programmes – arts, sports, social, and news as well. It was launched in 2017 and has gained more than 13,700,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: المحطة – Almahatta
Social media: Instagram @almahattaofficial, Facebook
Jar Hawa
Jar Hawa is a Sudanese youth YouTube channel with funny content, creating vox pop videos where the public shares its opinion on certain topics informally on camera. The channel was launched in 2019 and has gained more than 133,000 subscribers and more than 9,200,000 views on YouTube.
YouTube: جر هوا – Jar Hawa
Social media: Facebook, Instagram @jarhawaa, Twitter @jarhawa
Zool Cafe
Zool Cafe is one of the most popular and successful Sudanese YouTube channels with more than 391,000 subscribers. Since their launch in 2016, they have gained a total of an astonishing 18,900,000 views with their satirical yet politically-charged content. They have now moved on to Alaraby TV.
YouTube: Zool Cafe / زول كافيه
Social media: Twitter @ZoolCafe, Facebook, Instagram @zool.cafe
Zool Sagel
Zool Sagel is a YouTube channel, run by Musab Omer Somy, a student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Sudan. His funny, lighthearted channel consists of pranks and vox pox/public opinion videos. It was launched in 2019, and has gained with more than 335,000 subscribers and more than 20,000,000 views on YouTube in total.
YouTube: Zool Sagel – زول سغيل
Social media: Instagram @zool_sagel, Twitter @zool_sagel
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