“No splitting bills. This is a major red flag”: Safa Siddiqui from Dubai Bling

Safa Siddiqui

The style icon of Dubai Bling, Safa Siddiqui, opened up to us about her experiences of dating, self-love and her journey with Fahad to marriage. Through her personal stories and advice, Safa Siddiqui gave us the 4-1-1 on how she handled her love life before meeting her husband, so it’s safe to say that we’ll be taking *notes*. […]

Rarest of Tanishq jewels light up Dubai in an invite-only exhibition

Tanishq jewels

IN PARTNERSHIP: Making its private event debut for the first time, Tanishq brings some of its rare and undiscovered jewels to Dubai. Through an invite-only exhibition that happened between May 26-28 at Jumeirah at Mina A’Salam, Tanishq gathered unique jewellery connoisseurs under one roof to experience premium quality and elevated designs. To make the evening even more […]

Razan Al Mubarak elected President of International Union for Conservation of Nature

Razan Al Mubarak, Managing Director of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (MBZ Fund), has been elected President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). She is the second woman to lead IUCN in its 72-year history and its first president from West Asia. Al Mubarak’s […]

Shoe Designer Amina Muaddi Celebrates Birthday With Flair

Shoe designer Amina Muaddi kicked off her birthday festivities in advance this week, surrounded by her friends and colleagues. Muaddi, who hails from a mixed Jordanian and Romanian background but grew up in Italy, will be turning 37 on June 2. In honor of this special occasion, Muaddi gathered her closest companions for a memorable […]

First Saudi woman appointed to a top OIC post

Maha Akeel, a Saudi journalist who was the managing editor of OIC journal, has been appointed the Director of Information and Public Relations at the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The appointment of a woman as a Director of a department is a shot-in-the-arm for women empowerment. Speaking to Saudi Gazette she said that […]

Israel appoints country’s first female Sharia judge Hana Khatib

Israel has appointed its first female judge in its Muslim sharia court system on Tuesday, officials said, a move hailed as historic. Hana Khatib, an attorney from the northern town of Tamra, was selected by an Israeli justice committee alongside three men to become a religious judge, or qadi, in the courts ruling on personal […]

Muslim woman becomes first hijabi to win Australian council election

Four Muslim individuals won a seat in Australia’s largest city council in terms of population, Canterbury-Bankstown, Sydney. Among them is the first veiled Muslim woman councilor, on Saturday. The win comes amid rising conflicts demanding a ban on Muslim women wearing the headscarf and preventing them from earning seats in public offices. After successfully serving […]