Amine Raghib is one of a growing number of young Arabs
taking to social media to document their interests, activities and expertise to
the world. From Marrakesh in Morocco, Raghib started his YouTube channel
Al-Muhtarif (which means ‘Arabic for the professional’), five years ago and it
now has 1.3 million subscribers.
In 2014 he became the first Moroccan to win a YouTube
‘Silver’ Award, handed to content creators on the platform who reach 100,000
subscribers. At the time he had more than 365,000 subscribers — the next award
is ‘Gold’ when creators reach one million subscribers. Raghib told local media:
“I am a very simple person. I started from zero. What I want to tell you is to
hold on to your dreams. Do not make excuses.” He has been awarded a ‘best blogger’
prize in Morocco and participated in several technology competitions across the
Arab world, including one organised by the Universal Center for Journalists in
Morocco. He has also appeared on sevelocal TV shows to discuss his work.
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