Arab Media Companies, Outlets, and services
A Hot Set highlights the Arab-owned media entities.
production companies
Represents production companies founded and owned by Arab Americans.
Cairo Cowboy: Cairo Cowboy is a television production company founded by award-winning actor Ramy Yuseff to develop and produce series that feature underrepresented groups.
STREAMING PLATFORMS
Represents streaming platforms owned and operated by Arab people outside of the United States.
Shahid: Shahid founded by MBC GROUP is the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform that’s home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive series, movies, and other premieres, as well as live TV channels, sports, kids offering, international content, and more.
VIDEO SHARING SITE
Aparat: Aparat is an Iranian video-sharing platform a subsidiary of Saba Idea Tech Company.
content creators
Represents independent content creator platforms founded and entirely owned by Arab Americans.
FaZe Clan: FaZe Clan is a digital-native lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture founded by Brian Awadis.
Zeteo: Zeteo is an independent video, audio, and digital print media platform founded by television and print media veteran Mehdi Hasan that features short-form and long-form social and political content on its home platform and its sister YouTube channel.
gaming
Gaming & virtual reality entities were founded by people from within the global Arab diaspora.
One More Multiverse: One More Multiverse is a gaming platform that allows you to play virtual tabletop roleplaying games founded by Sara Aflageeh, Hisham Bedri, and Thariq Shihipar.
theater companies
Arab American-founded theater companies and troupes.
film festivals
Arab American-founded film festivals.
services & organizations
Media organizations founded by people of Arab American heritage.
MPAC Hollywood Bureau: MPAC Hollywood Bureau is changing the narrative of Islam & Muslims in the entertainment industry so that audiences see Muslims as vital contributors to social change.
Muslim American Casting: Muslim American Casting is a creative agency that provides innovative inclusion strategies to help storytellers appeal to wider audiences.
