Baby bottle coffee drinks and censorship: The ultimate guide to Arab TikTok
Adam Mazen, 17-year-old Jordanian Tiktok star who was born with Down s Syndrome, cooks a meal for his followers as his brother films him, at their home in Amman, Jordan August 25, 2020. Picture taken August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
In their loungewear, Addison Rae and her family perform the macarena to
Hadal Ahbekby Jordanian singer Issam Alnajjar.
Hadal Ahbek (“I’ll keep loving you”) is just one of many Arab songs that gained popularity on TikTok one of the hottest video-sharing social media apps right now with more than 689 million monthly users worldwide. Dozens of top TikTok influencers such as Rae who has over 77.1 million followers created TikTok videos remixing Alnajjar’s song, which has since gone viral in the west and, of course, the Middle East. Now Alnajjar’s single is a chart-topper on Spotify.
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A waiter poses with a tray of baby bottles that he brought out from storage, at Einstein Cafe in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 14, 2021. Cafes across several Gulf Arab states have begun selling coffee and other cold drinks in baby bottles, kicking off a new trend that has prompted excitement, confusion and backlash. The fad started at Einstein Cafe, a slick dessert chain with branches across the region. Soon, authorities from Kuwait to Dubai cracked down claiming the trend violates local traditions. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Cafes across several Gulf Arab states started selling coffee and other cold drinks in baby bottles this month, kicking off a new trend that has elicited excitement, confusion and backlash. The fad began at Einstein Cafe, a slick dessert chain with branches across the region, from Dubai to Kuwait to Bahrain. Instead of ordinary paper cups, the cafe, inspired by pictures of trendy-looking bottl