News Flash: 13 Stores closed in Riyadh for Not Hiring Women

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Edited by Dawn Wood

 

 

The Ministry of Labor has closed 13 shops in a Riyadh mall for failing to hire Saudi women.

The closure is part of the ministry’s campaign that started on Monday July 15th, to enforce the feminization of all clothing stores for women in the country. This [...]

Bisat Al-Reeh - Ramadan's Biggest Charity Bazaar of the Year!

Bisat Al-Reeh - Ramadan's Biggest Charity Bazaar of the Year

By Danah Garii, Lara Al Juhani and Dawn Wood

 

 

Bisat Al-Reeh is Ramadan’s biggest charity bazaar that gathers people together to celebrate fashion, style, food and other trinkets, whilst raising money for different charity organizations in the process. It is also a primary opportunity for local designers to showcase their products upon a [...]

Jeddah Beauty Blog – Personality of the month: Marriam Mossalli

Inspiring Women - Who Is Marriam Mossalli

A name that when typed across an article can be expected to be critically honest and well-versed in the fashion world: Marriam Mosalli, is definitely a role model for all women in Saudi. The founder of Niche Arabia, Marriam, is our personality of the month for a number of reasons and I’ll tell you [...]

Abayas: The Fight & Fusion between Fashion & Function

MADAME FIGARO ARABIA Marriam Mossalli

While the abaya has become synonymous with everyday life within the Middle East, it continues to be debated outside the region. In the West, the perception of it has continuously oscillated between rejection of the garment as a tool for the suppression of women, to uninhibited fascination of the traditional garb, seen to possess [...]

The Generation of "Firsts"

Marriam Mossalli first collaboration with Hamzah Tarzan 2008-09

By Marriam N Mossalli

Marriam Mossalli first collaboration with Hamzah Tarzan 2008-09

I love being Saudi. If you’re Saudi and well, breathe, chances are you will at some point in your life have the honor of becoming a “first.” And if you have two X chromosomes, you’ll not only be labeled a “first,” but [...]