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Osama AbdelAal

Osama AbdelAal

Chief Marketing Officer · Founder of Marifa

15+ years turning brands into growth engines across Egypt, Qatar and the UAE — from one of Egypt's earliest bloggers to a healthcare-group CMO and the founder of Marifa, a digital & marketing solutions company.

📍 Dubai, United Arab Emirates ✉️ osama@marifa.net 🟢 Open to leadership & consulting
Profile

Marketing leader & digital entrepreneur

Senior marketing leader with 15+ years building brands, growing audiences and launching digital products across the MENA region. Today I lead marketing for a group of five healthcare and wellness brands in Dubai, own the full performance-media stack (Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat), and run my own digital & marketing venture, Marifa. I combine strategy with hands-on execution — and I build the systems that make growth repeatable.

15+
Years in marketing
5
Brands led as CMO
10 yrs
Hootsuite EMEA Ambassador
Founder Spotlight
Founder · Built end-to-end

Marifa — معرفة · marifa.net

Marifa is my own venture — a trilingual (Arabic / English / French) knowledge platform paired with two cloud software products. I conceived, designed, built and scaled the entire thing: brand, product, content, marketing and growth automation.

  • The platform: 190+ in-depth articles across technology, health, business, science and lifestyle — engineered for SEO and monetized through Google AdSense, trilingual from the ground up.
  • The products: Marifa Dental — a cloud management system for dental laboratories; and Marifa Archive — a documents & licensing management system for businesses. Both sold via free trial + subscription.
  • The growth engine: a fully automated content & social pipeline publishing across Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok and YouTube, with an SEO / indexing workflow wired to Google Search Console and Analytics.
  • The stack: static-site generation on Cloudflare, AI-assisted content & video production, and data-driven optimization.
What it proves: complete ownership — from a blank domain to a live product, an indexed content library, multi-platform distribution and measurable growth.
Experience

Where I've made an impact

Chief Marketing Officer

Noor Al Mamzar Medical Group — Dubai
Dec 2022 – Present

Lead marketing across five healthcare & wellness brands — Noor Al Mamzar Medical Center, Sydney Medical Center, Arya Medical Center, American Aesthetic Medical Center and Vita Sign Natural Health Supplements. Own strategy, brand, patient acquisition and the full performance-media stack (Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat).

Founder

Marifa — marifa.net
Ongoing

Built a trilingual knowledge platform and two cloud software products end-to-end — brand, product, content, marketing and a fully automated multi-platform growth engine.

Community Ambassador for EMEA (Volunteer)

Hootsuite
Mar 2014 – Mar 2024 · 10 years

Advocated Hootsuite's products and represented its community across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for a decade.

Social Media Manager

Ezdan Holding Group — Qatar
5+ years

Ran social media for the media team of one of Qatar's largest holding groups for over five years, managing multiple concurrent large-scale projects.

Social Media & Marketing

Alrayyan for Media & Marketing — Qatar
2012 – 2018

Delivered national-scale campaigns including Qatar National Day, recognized with certificates of appreciation from the Qatar Tourism Authority.

Blogger & Online Publisher

Independent — Egypt
Since 2008

One of Egypt's earliest bloggers; freelance writer and online publisher featured and interviewed by Al Jazeera and Alnahar.

Core Expertise

What I bring to a team

Marketing Strategy Digital & Growth Marketing Performance Media — Meta · Google · TikTok · Snapchat Social Media Marketing SEO Brand Marketing Public Relations Marketing Consulting Content Strategy Marketing Automation Team Leadership (Director level)
Certifications & Recognition
  • Hootsuite Community Ambassador — EMEA (2014–2024)
  • Social Media Marketing 2015 — SO ME Academy
  • Certificate of Appreciation — Qatar Tourism Authority (2013)
  • Certificate of Appreciation — Alrayyan for Media & Marketing (2013)
Speaking & Publications
  • Speaker — Arab Social Media Forum
  • Featured & interviewed by Al Jazeera (TV & web)
  • Interviewed by Alnahar newspaper (2010)
  • Selected projects: Qatar National Day · Ezdan Holding Group · Marifa
Recommendations

What colleagues say

One of the most hard-working, dedicated and flexible people I have worked with in my career. Highly knowledgeable in his field, with years of theoretical and practical experience — and a good people manager too.

Ahmed HussamFounder & Chairman, Afqar · Digital Marketing Instructor, AUC

It's rare that you come across standout talent like Osama. His ability to juggle multiple projects made a dramatic difference in our team's productivity. He earns my highest heartfelt recommendation and would be an asset to any team.

May KhourshidMarketing Manager, Ezdan Hotels
Education

Bachelor's — Mass Communication / Media Studies

Cairo University
2015 – 2020

Diploma — Computer Science

Higher Future Institute for Specialized Technological Studies
1999 – 2002
Languages
ArabicNative
EnglishProfessional
Focus areas

Healthcare & aesthetics · Wellness & supplements · Software & digital products · Media & publishing · Government & national events.