Since Sarah Arabic was raised in a traditional religious household, she could never comfortably discuss her sexuality and body with anyone. Outside the home, she was not even permitted to show skin except for her face and hands.
As a result, she still had a very limited understanding of sexuality by the time she graduated high school and left to attend university in Dubai. There, with a laptop of her own for the first time, she discovered porn, and women who embraced rather than hid their sexuality.
“There was something so powerful about owning your body and sharing it in a positive way that I gravitated toward,” Arabic recalls.
She credits the many adult performers she encountered online with showing her she could express herself sexually without having to feel a sense of shame about her feelings or her body. Eventually, she stumbled upon a forum in which women discussed how to achieve orgasm.
“I had some time alone in my dorm to experiment, and before I knew it I had my first orgasm,” she says. “I was instantly hooked from that moment. I couldn’t get enough.”
After crossing that pleasure milestone, Arabic started to read works by women talking openly about their sexual interests and desires.
“To me, they were superheroes,” she remembers. “I felt this sense of belonging. In the back of my mind, I knew that this was what I wanted to do because everything felt right to me.”
Now, with a burgeoning career as an adult performer and creator, Arabic feels she has evolved a lot, personally and professionally, since joining this industry.
“This still feels like a daydream to me,” she admits. “Everything grew faster than I ever anticipated, and I’m still learning on this journey. When I first started, I needed to look good on camera and take the perfect booty shots. However, I soon realized that I needed to be business-savvy, market myself, travel and organize for events and, of course, know a tremendous amount about production.”
Arabic acknowledges that it can all sometimes be overwhelming, but underscores that there is no way she would ever trade her time in the biz for any other pursuit.
“I love my experiences and the amazing people I’ve been fortunate enough to meet and work with,” she notes. “Being able to talk face to face with performers I masturbated to when I was going to university is the wildest thing on earth.”
With so many shoots over the past year that brought out her best on camera, she says, it’s a challenge to decide on which were her favorites.
“I have had many memorable shoots throughout my career, and I know there will be more in the future,” Arabic says. “But I will highlight the three that come to mind, two of which have yet to come out.
“First is the collaborative shoot between Rocket Power, Disciples of Desire and me,” she says. “Something raw and primal happened to me during filming, and I loved it so much. The scene looked amazing, and I was so happy with it.”
The second was a shoot for Pure Taboo, directed by Ricky Greenwood, which Arabic says she loved because it had a darker theme and being able to act in a serious role allowed her to explore another creative side of herself.
“Lastly, without giving too much away, there is a shoot with Brazzers that had some fun themes and fetishes that I’ve seen circulating on the internet,” Arabic shares. “One thing about me is I love exploring niche kinks and themes. I’m so happy that Brazzers wanted me to be a part of it.”
Asked how she would define her brand in terms of a general style, vibe and content type, she emphasizes that authenticity is her priority above all.
“I lean into a basic core: doing what I do because I want to,” she notes. “I started this whole thing as a journey of self-expression, so I try to push myself in ways I haven’t before and to be open-minded to it. I only work on things I want to be a part of.”
What exactly she likes has changed over time, as she explores new styles, kinks, people, roles and more — but at the end of the day, Arabic emphasizes, it boils down to: “I’m just a girl who really enjoys sex.”
Content-wise, one of the elements her fans particularly appreciate is that she is indeed authentically Arabic.
“I can see it the most during all the sexting I do with my fans and the custom requests I receive,” Arabic explains. “They come up with some surprising themes I’ve never done before — even though they almost always include the massive tits!”
Compared with all the travel and effort associated with making content, Arabic finds livestreaming to be relatively relaxing.
“I don’t always put a lot of pressure or emphasis on goals,” she says. “I think streaming is a great chance for people to get to know my personality by interacting with me live. I have heard multiple times how I seem ‘easy to hang out with’ — humble brag!”
Arabic does like to explore her creative side with streaming, however, drawing inspiration from other cam models who really put effort into their sets.
“I try to make that happen now and then, or have an activity during the stream such as doing yoga, cooking or even gaming,” she says.
As for her social media strategy, Arabic says that balancing authentic fan engagement with promotion of new releases comes down to scheduling.
“We all have to promote ourselves and our products; some fans want to see that before investing in you,” she says. “Since I edit most of my content, I can schedule every post on every platform every time I finish a video or photo set. In addition to automated social media posts from different platforms, you have yourself covered for the promotional side of things.”
Doing this affords her the freedom to use social media more casually in an everyday setting.
“If I take a cute selfie or have a random thought, I can just do it on my phone immediately,” she says. “And people love the personal touch that it gives. Otherwise, it can get too clinical.”
When it comes to collabs and creating content with others, Arabic prefers working with people whom she finds interesting or creative.
“I am obsessed with porn, and I am obsessed with the industry, so I’m always on social media looking at the current events, the newest releases and all the inspiration my peers put out,” she explains. “Then, if I see someone I’m interested in, I look through their social media and their content. If we have any mutuals, I always ask them for a reference before agreeing to anything. So I make mental notes on which people I want to work with.”
As far as goals are concerned, Arabic says there is one studio director she definitely wants to work with again and another for whom she would love to shoot for the first time.
“I really want to do it all, but if I have to give a couple of examples, it would have to be Ricky Greenwood and Erika Lust,” Arabic says. “I enjoyed the shoots with Ricky Greenwood tremendously; I love his films and understand what it takes to be at that level after working with him. And Erika Lust is one of my biggest inspirations. I have admired her work since before I even got into porn. If I could work with her, that would be a dream come true.”
