Hawaa World

What Hawaa World does

Hawaa World (عالم حواء) is a privately held online community forum headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that targets Arabic-speaking women across the Middle East and North Africa. The platform self-describes as the largest women's website in the Arab world and has accumulated approximately 2 million registered members, 4 million topics, and 94 million posts over more than two decades of operation. Content is organized into categories covering family and society, faith and Quran memorization, beauty and photography, cooking, health, and general lifestyle discussion, with user-generated threads and member-to-member engagement as the core interaction model.

The product ecosystem comprises the main forum at hawaaworld.com, a premium subscription tier branded as 'الراقية' (Al-Raqiqa) at premium.hawaaworld.com, a coupons and deals subdomain at coupons.hawaaworld.com, and a mobile application distributed via onelink.to/hawaa. The underlying technology is a standard community forum stack with user registration, topic posting, member profiles, and discussion categories; no APIs, SDKs, or proprietary AI capabilities are disclosed. The platform is operated with a small team (11-50 employees) and does not disclose external investors, parent companies, or funding history.

Hawaa World monetizes primarily through display advertising on its forum pages (with a dedicated 'advertise with us' page) and through the recurring premium subscription offering. Distribution is community-led and organic — relying on word-of-mouth and the long-standing brand rather than paid acquisition — and the platform is accessible globally via the web and mobile app. Founder Mohamed Al Ballaa is the named principal, and the company operates as an independent private entity with no public listing or disclosed institutional ownership.

Name

Hawaa World

Legal name

Hawaa World (عالم حواء)

Website

https://hawaaworld.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hawaa World is a privately held online community forum headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, serving Arabic-speaking women across the MENA region with discussion categories spanning family, faith, beauty, cooking, and lifestyle, monetized via advertising and a premium subscription tier.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Riyadh

HQ country

Saudi Arabia

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The platform displays advertising through its website, with dedicated advertising pages (علن معنا).
2. Premium Subscription (الرقيقة): Hawaa World offers a premium subscription tier called 'Al-Raqiqa' (الرقيقة / premium) with enhanced features accessible at premium.hawaaworld.com.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Hawaa World (عالم حواء) operates an online community forum for Arabic-speaking women in the Middle East and North Africa, providing categorized discussion sections on family, faith, beauty, health, cooking, photography, and general lifestyle topics. The platform is monetized through on-site advertising and a premium membership tier called Al-Raqiya (الرّاقية) offering enhanced features. Members register, post topics, reply, and engage across millions of accumulated threads, with companion mobile app access via onelink.to/hawaa and a coupons subdomain.

Product overview

Hawaa World is a community forum platform targeting Arabic women, operating as a unified ecosystem with its core forum at hawaaworld.com. The platform includes a premium membership tier (Rakya), a dedicated coupons subdomain, and a mobile app. The core forum features discussion sections across categories including family, health, cooking, photography, and general life topics, supported by member profiles, social engagement features, and premium exclusive content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hawaa World Forum The main community forum platform serving Arabic-speaking women across the Middle East and North Africa, offering discussion categories covering family and society, faith and Quran memorization circles, beauty, photography, health, cooking, and general life topics. Features include user registration, topic posting, replies, member profiles, social engagement (likes/dislikes), and dedicated trending and popular sections.
• Hawaa Mobile App Companion mobile application providing access to the Hawaa World forum community on mobile devices, distributed via the onelink.to/hawaa deep link.
• Coupons Platform (كوبونات) A dedicated subdomain (coupons.hawaaworld.com) for coupons and discount deals, integrated into the Hawaa World ecosystem and accessible to community members.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sayidaty: Sayidaty is a leading Arabic women's media platform spanning celebrity, beauty, parenting, and lifestyle content. It is comparable as a larger, established Arabic women's content brand but operates a professional editorial model rather than community UGC.
• Mawdoo3: Mawdoo3 is the largest Arabic content platform, providing reference articles across lifestyle, family, health, and beauty. Comparable as an Arabic-language content destination targeting similar female household decision-makers, though with professional content rather than UGC forum format.
• Elle Arabiya: Elle Arabia is the regional edition of the global women's fashion and lifestyle brand. Comparable as a premium Arabic women's media platform serving an overlapping female MENA audience with lifestyle content.
• Hia Magazine: Hia is a major Arabic women's digital magazine covering fashion, beauty, and lifestyle. Comparable as an Arabic-language female-focused media brand reaching a similar demographic, though with editorial rather than community-led content.

Direct peers

• Fatakat: Fatakat is one of the longest-running Arabic-language online women's community forums serving a similar MENA audience with topics around family, lifestyle, and relationships. Most directly comparable peer to Hawaa World as a sister Arabic women's forum.
• Supermama: Supermama is an Arabic-language parenting and motherhood community platform across the MENA region. It is comparable as a vertically-focused Arabic women's community targeting parents, overlapping significantly with Hawaa World's family and parenting sections.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hawaaworldcom
• Facebookfacebook.com/hawaaworldcom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hawaaworld-co-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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