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Womena’s immersive exhibition, curated by creative producer and writer Rythma Ekanayake (@rythmae), explores how women are empowered through creativity and design. The showcase features projections on loofah, by Noor Taan (@lifeofloofah) transforming them into textured canvases for audiovisual storytelling, alongside a VR experience by Solenne Tadros (@solenneternet) and an interactive poetry segment by Amira Salah-Ahmed (@amiralx).

This exhibition invites you to engage deeply with the stories of Life of Loofah, Kilma, and Solenne Tadros. Discover powerful narratives that celebrate women’s self-expression and resilience.

Dubai Design Week is held in strategic partnership with @d3dubai, a member of TECOM Group PJSC, and supported by @dubaiculture.

معرض Womena التفاعلي، من تنسيق المبدعة وكاتبة المحتوى ريذما إكانايك (@rythmae)، يستكشف تمكين المرأة من خلال الإبداع والتصميم. يضم العرض إسقاطات ضوئية على الليف من تصميم نور تان (@lifeofloofah)، حيث تتحول إلى لوحات ملموسة تحكي قصصاً سمعية بصرية، بالإضافة إلى تجربة واقع افتراضي من سولين تادروس (@solenneternet) وجلسة شعر تفاعلية من أميرة صلاح أحمد (@amiralx).

يدعوكم هذا المعرض للتعمق في قصص Life of Loofah، Kilma، وسولين تادروس. اكتشفوا روايات مؤثرة تحتفي بتعبير النساء عن ذاتهن وبقدرتهن على الصمود.

يقام أسبوع دبي للتصميم بشراكة استراتيجية مع @d3dubai، أحد أعضاء مجموعة TECOM PJSC وبدعم من @dubaiculture. taken in Dubai Design Week by @rythmae

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A quick peek at the lineup of wonderful guests joining us this season 🧡

We can’t wait for you to hear the rich, thoughtful conversations we’ve been having! First guest episode drops this Tuesday. 🎧

Subscribe and turn on notifications on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite streaming platform. Link in bio! by @rythmae

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dolce far ninete-ing to the max in a place I always dreamed of, happy to report that it lived up to all my dreams of it 🇮🇹✨🫶🏽 taken in Italy by @rythmae

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WE’RE BACK! We’re “Sage Takes Thyme” — a podcast where two friends talk about the hard stuff, the heart stuff, and everything in between.

🎙️ A @womena podcast, hosted by Elissa Freiha (@freiha) and Amira Salah-Ahmed (@amiralx).

This season, we’re expanding the table, bringing in more voices, more lived realities, and more difficult questions shaping the Arab world and its diaspora today.

Season 3 drops September 15 on YouTube and all streaming platforms. Comment “Notify me” and we’ll send you the link so you don’t miss the first episode. 🔔

And let us know what topics you’re expecting from us this season in the comments. 🌿 (We read Every. Single. One!)

A big thank you to everyone who helped bring this season to life. 🤍

Team Behind the Scenes:

Director: Rythma Ekanayake (@rythmae)
Production Manager: Hadi Gaafar (@Hadi.gaafar)
Editorial Producer: Laila El Deib (@lailaeldeib)
Videographers and Editors: Aya El-Hussiney (@ayaelhussieny_) and Rowan Messelhy (@rowanmesselhy) and Farida Elebeidy (@alilgroovyy)
Social Media and Marketing: Shahd Salaheldin (@fullyshahd) and Mostafa El Gaaly (@mgaaly_)
Lighting Assistance by Ahmed and the Void team (@void_presents)

Title design: Magdee Hozeyn (@hozyenn_) and Nour Elzayat (@nstudio_____)
Graphic design: Farida Elebeidy (@alilgroovyy)

Art Director: Monica Abadir (@monicaabadir) with the help of Assistant Mariam Elhouchy (@mhoushy)

Furniture and decor pieces from:

Alive and well (@thisisaliveandwell)
Kangaroo (@stampedbykangaroo)
Samak Laban (@samaklabandaily)

Thank you to Access Art Space for collaborating with us and contributing pieces from artists:

Fatma Abodoma (@fatmabodoma)
Mariam Soliman (@mariam_solimana)
Hameem El Mahy (@hameemmahy)
Hanafy Mahmoud (@hanafy.mahmoud.1970)
Mahmoud Shabaan
Sameh Refaat
Aida Khalil (@aidak.halil)

& also a big thank you to independent artists:

Alia Habib (@habibss)
Farida Sultan (@faridaasultan)

Our Location Partners are Void Inc. Thank you to their team:

Kareem ElKhadrawy (@kare.em__)
Amal Younis (@ayounis__)
Aya H Younis (@move.withaya) by @rythmae

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guys! look my film roll came back 🫯 by @rythmae

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a whole lot of loitering and awe taken in Thailand by @rythmae

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“We Belong To This Land” Episode 1 out tomorrow on @womena 🇯🇴🫶🏽 by @rythmae

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5 months ago

What does it mean to belong to a place that is constantly shifting?

In this new trilogy of “Everything Has Changed,” we head to Amman, Jordan, where memory, migration and identity collide. 🇯🇴

This documentary series explores life in Jordan amid war, resource scarcity and ongoing displacement in the region, and how these factors reshape the social fabric and creative expression in the capital. We follow voices as they preserve memory, archive lived experiences and shape new forms of resistance.

Everything Has Changed is a docu-series exploring how our lives have shifted over the past decade, the realities we still carry and the new narratives we are shaping.

Episodes drop weekly starting May 5.
Subscribe to Womena’s Youtube to stay tuned through our link in bio.

Comment “Everything Has Changed” and we’ll DM you the full playlist.

Credits:

Featuring: Dalia Arja (@daliaarja / @karmiyeh), Deema Deeb (@bydeemadeeb / @deemadeeb0), Hind Joucka (@hindjoucka), Faisal Zaid (@faisalalazzeh), Maisa Miqdadi (@maisaletstalkfood), Mariam Al JaaJaa (@mariamjaajaa), Nahla Tabaa (@nahlatabbaa), Suha Lallas (@lallassuha)

Director and Creative Producer: Rythma Ekanayake (@rythmae)

Director of Photography: Nader Bahsoun (@waysoffmadness)

Producers: Deemah Dabis (@deemah.dabis), Hadi Gaafar (@hadi.gaafar), Qutaiba Saeed (@qutaibaiseed)

Executive Producers: Amira Salah-Ahmed (@amiralx), Elissa Freiha (@freiha)

Editor and Colorist: Rowan Messelhy (@rowanmesselhy)

Supporting Editor: Farida Elebeidy (@alilgroovyy)

Location Partners: Al Balad Theatre (@albaladtheater), Maisa’s Space (@maisaspacejo), Manara Arts and Culture (@manaraculture), Shams El Balad (@shamselbalad), Wadi Finan Art Gallery (@wadifinangallery)

Special thanks to: Anoud Alzaben (@anoudalzaben), Dana Qabbani (@dana.qabbani), Deema Deeb (@deemadeeb0), Faika Darwish (@faya.darw), Haneen Bustami (@haneennb__), Qutaiba Saeed (@qutaibaiseed), Deemah Dabis (@deemah.dabis) by @rythmae

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Mirella Atallah, Lebanon’s first Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, has dedicated her work to using sport as a tool for empowerment, particularly among girls in Palestinian refugee camps like Burj el Barajneh and Nahr Al Bared, where daily life is shaped by overcrowding, restriction, and insecurity.

In an environment where girls face harassment, limited freedom of movement, and social norms that encourage silence and invisibility, this often leads to a deep disconnection from their own bodies. Through her self defense program, Mirella creates a space where they begin to rebuild that connection, starting with simple movements and gradually learning to set boundaries, use their voice, and feel grounded in themselves, offering not just practical safety skills but a sense of agency and self worth that extends beyond the training space.

Swipe to read the full story.

Written by @mirellaatallah
Photography by @alinedeloscampos by @rythmae

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6 months ago

a deep longing and subsequent restoration taken in Cairo, Egypt by @rythmae

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COMING SOON: A new Everything Has Changed documentary series

In our previous trilogies of Womena’s YouTube series “Everything Has Changed”, we followed artists and communities across Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Cairo, exploring the questions that haunt the diaspora returning to their ancestral homes and the shifts reshaping creative landscapes across the Arab world.

We uncover how these artists and communities navigate change, craft new narratives, and redefine freedom in music, collaboration, and expression.

Can you guess which country Womena is traveling to this time? Write to us in the comments. 💬 by @rythmae

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proud to be writing again for myself, if nothing else. grateful for the words that come when they need to. honoured to have kept this commitment to my soul, regardless of bleeding for the world to see 🫧 by @rythmae

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