Influencers Reem and Natalya Kanj launch ethical, celestial-inspired jewelry collection

Wed, 2021-06-30 14:08 DUBAI: Reem and Natalya Kanj may already juggle being social media personalities and entrepreneurs — they founded Dubai-based talent agency Ego & East — but the Lebanon-born sisters have decided to expand their portfolio by dipping into the world of fine jewelry.  The influencers-turned-designers recently partnered up with Aya Ahmad’s ethical jewelry label Fyne on a range of minimal and sustainable pieces...

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Arab Men’s Fashion Week: Day 2 highlights include Saudi talent, Parisian creativity

Author:  Wed, 2021-06-30 12:45 DUBAI: Dubai welcomed back Arab Men’s Fashion Week this week, inviting a host of local and international labels to showcase their most recent Spring 2022 collection. Read on for the highlights from day two of the three-day fashion event.    1886         View this post on Instagram                       A...

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How French-Algerian filmmaker Farida Khelfa is dismantling stereotypes about Arab women

Author:  Wed, 2021-06-30 10:55 DUBAI: Algerian-French former model and documentary filmmaker Farida Khelfa is set to release a new film that aims to dismantle misconceptions and stereotypes that often surround Arab women. Titled “From The Other Side of the Veil,” the new film, which is debuting on Khelfa’s YouTube channel July 2, is also a celebration of Middle Eastern women.  “We can’t stop at the clothes, which obscures the...

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‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’: Kids out to crush panic-causing fake news

Tue, 2021-06-29 14:47 CHENNAI: “The Mysterious Benedict Society,” created by Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay, sees a group of gifted children battling the spread of misinformation that creates fake fears and leads to panic and strife.  Adapted from Trenton Lee Stewart’s 2007 novel, and directed by James Bobin, the Disney+ production sees two boys and two girls in the lead roles in a series that is set to debut in the region on OSN. As...

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Imaan Hammam, Gigi Hadid take over Marc Jacobs runway

Author:  Tue, 2021-06-29 10:56 DUBAI: US designer Marc Jacobs returned to the runway on Monday, presenting his eponymous label’s Fall 2021 collection in The New York Public Library on top supermodels that included Egyptian-Moroccan-Dutch Imaan Hammam and part-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid. Hammam hit the runway in a bold look primed for winter. For her turn down the catwalk, the 24-year-old wore an oversized cocoon coat paired...

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Moroccan-Italian model Malika El-Maslouhi unveils jewelry collaboration with Afghan craftsman

Mon, 2021-06-28 14:40 DUBAI: Malika El-Masloui’s collaboration with Ishkar is finally here. The Moroccan-Italian model teamed up with the London-based e-commerce company on a range of necklaces delicately handcrafted by artisans from Kabul, Afghanistan. The Malika x Ishkar collection dropped on the brand's online marketplace this week. “Between gracing the covers of @voguemagazine and shooting campaigns for the fashion world's top labels,...

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