Nada Mohamed Wafa The First woman to represent Qatar in the Olympics Nada, the daughter of former Qatar National Football Team goalkeeper and Al Sadd player Mohamed Wafa; discovered her passion for swimming at a very young age, her perseverance and passion for swimming have made her the first woman to represent Qatar in...
Month: January 2017
Fish for Thought???
Qatar saw the opening of Ocean Basket at the Mall of Qatar in December of 2016. Ocean Basket (OB) is a South African brand with over 201 restaurants in 16 countries around the globe from Dubai to Durban, Nelspruit to Nigeria, serving affordable seafood sprinkled with its special Mediterranean magic. The aesthetic of OB is...
mr ERBIL – Iraq’s First Gentlemen’s Fashion Club
“Mater artium necessitas” – Necessity is the Mother of Inventions This could not be more appropriate for a group who calls themselves mr. ERBIL, after the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Iraq’s first Gentleman’s Fashion Club, mr. ERBIL, have their eyes set on Pitti Uomo – the most important International event...
Meet Selina Farooqui, a Doha-based Award Winning Fashion Designer!
Today we meet Selina Farooqui, Selina Farooqui, an award winning fashion designer(L’Officiel Inspirational Arab Woman Award 2012 – Young Designer of the Year, Doha, Qatar, 2012) created and launched her own label before she even completed her course at the young age of 25. Selina Farooqui hails from India, raised in Doha, studied fashion at...
Fashion without Breaking the Bank!
All women enjoy being fashionable and this is a fact, even women who only wear shirts and jeans express their inner FASHIONISTA in their own style, however, many people think that being fashionable means having to be a label-lover and spend thousands and thousands of dollars. True in some instances, but this cannot stop fashion...
Maintaining our own traditions while living as expats!
“A nations culture resides and the hearts and soul of its people” Mahatma Ghandi Part of the excitement of living overseas is the discovery of a new culture and joining in the celebration of the local holidays and traditions of our adopted country, but there are so many reasons why maintaining our own cultural traditions...