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Palestinian-American Writer
EIC @tmagazine.me
Author & Netflix award winner ⭐
Jimmy Fallon Book Club 2025 finalist 📚
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The Light Fantastic for @tmagazine.me — with @danestojanovic and @carmelocorvaia5, September 2026.

Thank you @bysarahamdan @marnelenoir @johanavdana @tmagazine.me @nymag

#vladimirmarti

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@noraattal x @tmagazine.me T: Magazine The New York Times Middle East & North Africa for Cover Story of September Issue
#stylingbycarmelocorvaia
with the most beautiful team ever @avani.rai @danestojanovic @bysarahamdan @noormiah.mov @gboulter @ricky_morandin @itsjordanrobertson and always with us @marnelenoir thank you🩷

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What a celebration of beauty & cinema with @cartier! 20 years of @sofiacoppola’s “Marie Antoinette”, Versailles, the cast, the talks, the private visits, and the whimsical, exceptional Petit Trianon 💞💐🌹🌸🌺💞💞

Such an inspiring trip. Thank you @ehab_ammar and @rbz.sarah for these dreamy few days❤️

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Travel has a curious way of collapsing time. A place can transport us backwards as easily as it carries us somewhere new, letting memory and discovery exist side by side. Is that the true privilege of travelling well — not simply seeing what has changed, but understanding how we have changed alongside it?

Some return to a coastline thirteen years on and find their children playing where family once gathered for a different milestone. Some find it in a temple in Bangkok, in teachings that ask us to slow down instead of speed up. Some find it in a convent or a palazzo, reinvented but never erased, proof that preservation and comfort were never really at odds.

And some find it on a train winding through ancient forests, where a masterclass in mechanical timepieces becomes, quietly, a lesson in paying closer attention — to the landscape, to the story, to the people beside you.

This issue is a vibrant exploration of all the ways time folds back on itself when we travel.

Discover more at the link in bio.

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So often the question of legacy is a murky and complicated one. Is legacy defined by mountainous accomplishments, or how we are remembered by those we love? Is it about how we craft our lives, or simply how loud and colourfully we live them? Are tradition and innovation at odds, or are they compliments? The question has no one answer.

Many turn to finding their answer in the space between the lines, stepping forward whilst always gazing back, firmly clasping their roots as they attempt to propagate new ones. Many allow their life’s work to speak for itself, finding certainty in the art of craftsmanship, creation for creation’s sake. And many create lasting legacies because they simply cannot help but try to change the world, for themselves, and for others.

Our June issue is a vibrant exploration of answers to the unanswerable questions.

Discover more at the link in bio.

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As part of a global launch campaign for the Ink Blue collection, RIMOWA has asked authors around the world to write ‘A Letter to a Time and Place’, addressing the city directly, evoking something they love about it, or a precious memory they have there.

In the UAE, award-winning author Sara Hamdan addresses Dubai as her chosen city, evoking a profound sense of home, nostalgia, and possibility, reflecting on the city’s remarkable evolution, multicultural spirit, and enduring connection to the sea.

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There are events you attend, and then there are experiences that stay with you long after they end.
From Jeklin Kim’s story, which brought me and many others to tears to Salma Tammam’s inspiring journey from Egypt these women proved that the most meaningful businesses are often born from personal challenges and a desire to help others.
Each conversation reminded me that we all have the power to create change, no matter where we start. Thank you @cartier @cartierawards for creating such a powerful platform and for bringing together incredible women from around the world. And thank you Cartier team @sophdoir @souhir.ben.hamida @shathalkhatib @rihab7 @rbz.sarah and @raniaakhan for the unforgettable moments and lasting memories

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T: The New York Times Style Magazine MENA @tmagazine.me
May Issue.
Styled by me with the amazing photographer @avani.rai under the creative director of @danestojanovic and the EIC @bysarahamdan
Producer @steff.producer
Hair @mamrezabbasi Make up @andreaseverinosailis Model @jadebaya while in Rome. 🩷
#stylingbycarmelocorvaia #newyorktimesstylemagazine #tmagazine

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من متحف المستقبل، تشارك شخصيات من مجالات وتجارب مختلفة رؤيتها للغد... وتذكّرنا بأن المستقبل لا يُصنع بصوت واحد، بل بأفكار يجمعها الأمل والإنسان.

#متحف_المستقبل

From the Museum of the Future, voices from different fields and experiences share their ideas on what comes next, united by hope and humanity.

#MuseumoftheFuture

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T: The New York Times Style Magazine MENA @tmagazine.me
April Issue with the amazing @jaketerrey shooting @chiarabimbattii Styled by me in Dubai 🩷
Alway grateful to @marnelenoir @danestojanovic @bysarahamdan @drewdb_ @en_oh_oh_are make-up @manuellosadamakeup hair @jlamarinuae
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#newyorktimesstylemagazine #stylingbycarmelocorvaia

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T: The New York Times Style Magazine MENA @tmagazine.me
April Issue with the amazing @jaketerrey shooting @chiarabimbattii Styled by me in Dubai 🩷
Alway grateful to @marnelenoir @danestojanovic @bysarahamdan @drewdb_ @en_oh_oh_are make-up @manuellosadamakeup hair @jlamarinuae
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#newyorktimesstylemagazine #stylingbycarmelocorvaia

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Earlier this month, the world turned its gaze to Milan. Salone del Mobile transformed an entire city into a living exhibition and somewhere between the grand palazzi and the hidden courtyards, a question kept surfacing: what actually makes something beautiful?

It is a question humanity has never stopped asking and one that feels, right now, more urgent than ever.

Because beauty is not frivolous. It does not exist in spite of struggle — it emerges because of it. In this region, it always has. It lives in the geometry of a mashrabiya screen, in the curve of a calligraphed letter, in the embroidered hem of a thobe, in a recipe carried across generations by memory alone.

Our May issue is a celebration of exactly that — of Arab makers, thinkers and dreamers who understand that to create is to remember, and to remember is an act of profound resistance.

Discover more at the link in bio.

📸: @vladimirmarti

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