Cohort 8 · 2026
Young Arab Media Leaders
Arab Youth Center
A programme that brings together young people from across the Arab world to train in modern media tools, content and storytelling, and fact-checking.
Toki · Founder
I'm Taqwa.You know me as Toki.
An Iraqi content creator and podcast producer in Dubai. I write, film and edit my own work, and I talk about books, plants, healthy living and women's topics.
Graduated from and worked with
My community
More than
240K
followers on my personal accounts
An Arabic-speaking community I've built since 2021 around books, plants and everyday life, on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
Figures as of mid-November 2026.
About me
On my own accounts I do everything myself: the idea, the script, the filming, the edit and the publishing.
For podcasts I also coordinate the guests and film in professional studios in Dubai. That is how Rihlat Haml was made, and how TokiCast began.
I work with brands and publishers when the collaboration fits my audience and my topics, and every paid post is clearly disclosed.
Programmes I graduated from
I learned content-making with the best
Two of the Arab world's leading programmes for young content creators and media talent.
Faris Al Muhtawa
New Media Academy
New Media Academy's intensive training programme for Arab content creators.
My journey
From digital marketing to podcasting
2018
Digital marketing
Campaigns and content for brands in Baghdad, from planning through to reading the results.
2021
My own accounts
I started making content about house plants, books and everyday life, and built an Arabic-speaking community on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
2024
Faris Al Muhtawa
I graduated from Season 5 of New Media Academy's programme.
2025
New Media Academy
As the academy's content creator I covered the Arab Reading Challenge and Arab Hope Makers, and made content with Forbes Middle East.
2026
Rihlat Haml and TokiCast
In January I launched my first podcast production, and TokiCast was born with it.
2026
Young Arab Media Leaders
In October I graduated from the 8th cohort of the Arab Youth Center's programme.
Partnerships and coverage
I've worked with
I created content for New Media Academy in 2025 and 2026, covering major Arab initiatives with them.
New Media Academy
Content creator · 2025–2026
Forbes Middle East
Joint content · Sustainability Leaders
Arab Reading Challenge
Coverage
Arab Hope Makers
Coverage
Nabta
Partnership · online plant shop and care platform
My topics
What I talk about
Lifestyle
Plants
Books
Healthy living
Women's topics
Women's empowerment
Ways to collaborate
How we can work together
Book Spotlight
Book review
My honest opinion of a book after reading it, face to camera.
Book Spotlight
Story Hook
AI-generated animation that tells the story's hook, reveals the book and ends with questions that make people curious.
Sponsored
A post or a campaign
A Reel, a TikTok or a set of Stories, or a campaign across platforms over a few weeks, always disclosed.
Events
Hosting and moderating
Hosting and moderating launches, panels and events.
My principles
What I don't compromise on
- 01You pay for a feature, not a positive opinion.
- 02Every paid post is clearly disclosed.
- 03I only collaborate within my topics, to keep my audience's trust.
- 04Any AI-generated content is labelled.
Let's make something honest together
Send me your idea; I'll ask for the book or product first, to try it myself.