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The ‘Saudi flavour’ that really moves the needle

Four Agency Worldwide's Louay Houri shares the need to sit with Saudi creatives, listen to them, understand what drives them and collaborate with them from Day One.

Louay Houri, Chief Content Officer, Four Agency Worldwide on the Saudi flavourLouay Houri, Chief Content Officer, Four Agency Worldwide

Saudi Arabia’s marketing and creative sectors display a distinctive “flavour” that I deeply admire. Consuming content from across different local and international markets, I am always taken away by the cleverness and creativity of the content I see in the Saudi market — whether it’s a billboard, a social media ad, video content or influencer content.

What makes their content so special?

In essence, I believe it’s the Saudis themselves! As citizens of the world, they are natural marketers and storytellers, with an innovative and unique spirit. Even when adapting international trends, they give it their unique flavour. Terms like “Hashtegha” (create it as a hashtag) and “Trendedha”


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the authorAnup Oommen
Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.