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Arab CELEBRITY 100 Rank Name Profession Country Total Social Media ARAB CELEBRITY 100 RANK NAME PROFESSION COUNTRY TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA 1 AMR DIAB Singer Egypt 30.26 Million 2 NANCY AJRAM Singer Lebanon 48.14 Million 3 ELISSA Singer Lebanon 43.48 Million 4 KADIM ALSAHER Singer Iraq 19.69 Million 5 NAJWA KARAM Singer Lebanon 26.58 Million 6 ADEL EMAM Actor Egypt 16.44 Million 7 ASSALA NASRI Singer Syria 22.61 Million 8 AHLAM ALSHAMSI Singer UAE 21.5 Million 9 RAGHEB ALAMA Singer Lebanon 13.05 Million 10 GEORGE WASSOUF Singer Syria 9.61 Million 11 AHMED HELMY Actor Egypt 19.55 Million 12 TAMER HOSNY Singer Egypt 29.8 Million 13 SHERINE ABDEL-WAHAB Singer Egypt 22.52 Million 14 MOHAMED HAMAKY Singer Egypt 19.8 Million 15 CYRINE ABDELNOUR Singer Lebanon 16.24 Million 16 WAEL JASSAR Singer Lebanon 15.45 Million 17 AHMED EL SAKKA Actor Egypt 14.96 Million 18 HUSSAIN AL JASSMI Singer UAE 14.31 Million 19 FAIRUZ Singer Lebanon 8.37 Million 20 SABER ALREBAI Singer Tunisia 7.89 Million 21 AMAL MAHER Singer Egypt 13.13 Million 22 MYRIAM FARES Singer Lebanon 23.14 Million 23 SAMIRA SAID Singer Morocco 8.3 Million 24 CAROLE SAMAHA Singer Lebanon 13.68 Million 25 HASSAN EL SHAFEI Composer Egypt 13.04 Million 26 MOHAMED MOUNIR Singer Egypt 8.09 Million 27 HEND SABRY Actor Tunisia 8.73 Million 28 DONIA SAMIR GHANEM Actor Egypt 10.32 Million 29 MOHAMMED ASSAF Singer Palestine 15.83 Million 30 MOHAMED SOBHI Actor Egypt 7.15 Million 31 NAWAL AL ZOGHBI Singer Lebanon 12.98 Million 32 YARA Singer Lebanon 16.39 Million 33 HAIFA WEHBE Singer Lebanon 21.96 Million 34 MAHER ZAIN Singer Lebanon 31.8 Million 35 RAMEZ GALAL Actor/Presenter Egypt 7.71 Million 36 DIANA HADDAD Singer Lebanon 10.57 Million 37 KARIM ABDEL AZIZ Actor Egypt 5.9 Million 38 ASSI EL HALLANI Singer Lebanon 8.19 Million 39 CHEB KHALED Singer Algeria 5.39 Million 40 SAMO ZAIN Singer Syria 11.57 Million 41 HAMZA NAMIRA Singer Egypt 11.5 Million 42 GHADA ABDEL RAZEK Actor Egypt 10.22 Million 43 MOHAMED RAMADAN Actor Egypt 8.29 Million 44 YASMIN ABDULAZIZ Actor Egypt 11.24 Million 45 DORRA ZARROUK Actor Tunisia 9.35 Million 46 MAYA DIAB Singer Lebanon 10.46 Million 47 MONA ZAKI Actor Egypt 4.93 Million 48 MUSTAFA AGHA Presenter Syria 5.64 Million 49 HANY SHAKER Singer Egypt 7.53 Million 50 MOUSTAFA SHABAN Actor Egypt 9.98 Million 51 MAJIDA EL ROUMI Singer Lebanon 3.92 Million 52 LATIFA Singer Tunisia 4.88 Million 53 MOHAMED HENEDY Actor Egypt 7.22 Million 54 TAMER ASHOR Singer Egypt 9.82 Million 55 LOJAIN OMRAN Presenter KSA 6.58 Million 56 AHMED GAMAL Singer Egypt 10.55 Million 57 RAMY AYACH Singer Lebanon 5.27 Million 58 WALEED AL FARRAJ Presenter KSA 6.23 Million 59 MOHAMED EMAM Actor Egypt 8.82 Million 60 OLA AL FARES Presenter Jordan 8.31 Million 61 BALQEES Singer UAE / Yemen 10.06 Million 62 HASSAN EL RADDAD Actor Egypt 8.4 Million 63 HAKIM Singer Egypt 4.37 Million 64 ANGHAM Singer Egypt 3.31 Million 65 RAMY SABRY Singer Egypt 8.32 Million 66 CARMEN SOLIMAN Singer Egypt 6.12 Million 67 MAI EZZ ELDIN Actor Egypt 5 Million 68 KHALID EL SAWY Actor Egypt 3.52 Million 69 AMR WAKED Actor Egypt 6.85 Million 70 ASMA LMNAWAR Singer Morocco 7.3 Million 71 MAIS HAMDAN Actor Jordan 7.79 Million 72 MARWAN KHOURY Singer Lebanon 3.34 Million 73 NICOLE SABA Singer Lebanon 3.3 Million 74 KHALED ELNABAWY Actor Egypt 5.28 Million 75 AYTEN AMER Actor Egypt 7.09 Million 76 NESHAN Presenter Lebanon 3.31 Million 77 NESREEN TAFESH Actor Syrian 5.87 Million 78 SANDY Singer Egypt 7.08 Million 79 AHMED FAHMI Actor Egypt 5.43 Million 80 ASSER YASSIN Actor Egypt 4.67 Million 81 KINDA ALLOUSH Actor Syria 7.07 Million 82 KOSAI KHAULI Actor Syria 3.32 Million 83 MADELEINE MATAR Singer Lebanon 5.37 Million 84 BATTAL ALGOOS Sports presenter Saudi Arabia 5.8 Million 85 NABIL EL HALAFAWY Actor Egypt 3.81 Million 86 ABD EL FATTAH GRINI Singer Morocco 5.54 Million 87 SAMEH HUSSEIN Actor Egypt 5.18 Million 88 WAFAA EL KILANY Presenter Egypt 3 Million 89 SHATHA HASSOUN Singer Morocco 5.44 Million 90 YOSRA EL LOZY Actor Egypt 5.29 Million 91 KHALID AL-SHENAIF Sports presenter Saudi Arabia 4.74 Million 92 RAYA ABIRACHED Presenter Lebanon 5.51 Million 93 HEBA MAGDI Actor Egypt 4.5 Million 94 JOSEPH ATTIEH Singer Lebanon 3.48 Million 95 ALI RABEE Actor Egypt 5.43 Million 96 NADINE NJEIM Actor Lebanon 4.99 Million 97 BASSEM YAKHOUR Actor Syria 3.89 Million 98 FARIS AWAD Sports Commntator UAE 4.88 Million 99 AMR YOUSSEF Actor Egypt 4.51 Million 100 TURKI ALDAKHIL Presenter Saudi Arabia 4.07 Million.
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