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THE INTERNAtiONAL ARAB MAGAZINE WWW.ENIGMA-MAG.COM DECEMBER 2020 THE ULTIMAte RADWA CHRISTMAS EL SHERBINY Gift Guide TV’S TENACIOUS TRAILBLAZER 2020 S LE 30 / UK £3 RED CARP’ET MOMENTS FIERCE FEMALE PHILANTHROPISTS FILMMAKERS ARTISTS & AUTHORS THE YEAR OF WOMEN www.enigma-mag.com FOUNDER & CEO Yasmine Shihata CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Mohamed Abdel Moneim DEPUTY CEO Omnia Zaied Art Director Perihan Kharma SENIOR editoriaL coordinator Mohamed Hesham Staff WRITER: Ezz Al-Turkey CreatiVE Director Ehab Magdy SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Ahmed El Halawani MARKETING & ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Imane Hamdi MARKETING & ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE: Dana Soliman, Gasser Hesham CONTRIBUTING ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE: Roudayna El Bahgi WEB & SOCIAL MEDIA director: Wessam Zaki [email protected] ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR : Ahmed Maher DISTRIBUTION SUPERVISOR: Amr Gad administratiVE SUPERVISOR: Abdallah Morsi CONTRIBUTORS MULTIMEDIA EXECUTIVE: Sherif Youssef CHIEF INTERN: Tymour Gazayerli INTERNS: Farah Alsharif, Farah Oraby, Hoda Shehata, Salma Khaled, Lina Waleed, Mariam Bassem SOCIAL photographY: Raafat Abdel Azim LONDON CORRESPONDENT Tom Carpenter EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mahmoud Al Mosalamy CHAIRMAN Samia Farid Shihata MEDIA, MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION SERVICES BY VENUS MEDIA & PR www.venusmedia-ltd.com ENIGMA IS PUBLISHED BY SUPREME PUBLICATIONS LTD. 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Connecting with the editor DECEMBER 2020 people in her beloved Palestine. Also included, is a feature on two pioneering women, Zein Khalifa and Heba Farid, who opened the first photography gallery, Tintera, in Egypt. Another fascinating article spotlights artist Tasneem El-Meshad, whose art comes straight from the heart. Radwa El Sherbiny You will also enjoy reading about Nour Emam, another pioneer in the spotlight, hile 2020 had its share of ups and making a name on social media with her downs, it was a monumental year platform, Mother Being, focusing on for women in Egypt and around educating young women about their the world. In Egypt, 2020 saw the own bodies. Heba Elsewedy rise of the #MeToo movement and several great women made waves And, of course, it’s that time of Win their respective industries. We are pleased to year again for our annual Holiday have eniGma end the year with this special issue Gift Guide, as well as our celebrating successful and inspiring women in our ‘2020 in Retrospect’ feature, country and the region. highlighting the pop culture Najwa Najjar moments of the past year. In this special ‘Women’s’ issue, we feature some of And just for fun, we’ve our favourite female screenwriters, philanthropists, selected some favourite red- artists and more. The eniGma team put a lot of effort carpet celebrity moments of to pick some of the best women achievers in every the year in our ‘2020’s Red field. We have a diverse and remarkable handful of Carpet Moments’ feature. women for you to discover in the pages ahead... I hope you enjoy this The first of these is our gorgeous and bold cover star, special December issue T.V. host Radwa El Sherbiny. Radwa’s talk show, as you cosy up by the Heya We Bas (Only for Her), has grown exponentially fireplace during the in popularity over the past few years. She has become holidays. From all of us Nour Emam a feminist icon, connecting with women who feel at eniGma, we hope you Prince Harry she understands their frustrations, and threatening have a safe festive season & Duchess Meghan a few men along the way. eniGma’s Deputy CEO, and wish you a very merry and Omnia Zaied, got to interview El Sherbiny and to happy New Year! observe her behind the scenes for this eye-opening cover feature. My Best Regards, We also feature Heba Elsewedy, the well-known philanthropist and founder of the Ahl Masr Foundation, which focuses on helping burn victims in Egypt free of charge. Elsewedy also tirelessly helped the country in countless ways during the coronavirus pandemic. Check out our interview with Lopez Jennifer her to learn more about this remarkable woman and Yasmine I. Shihata Tasneem El-Meshad her many charitable deeds. Founder & Editor-in-Chief Zein Khalifa eniGma Magazine & Heba Farid We are also pleased to feature several trailblazing women, including award winning Palestinian Follow the Editor on filmmaker Najwa Najjar, whose beautiful films @YasmineShihata address the continued injustice inflicted on her YasmineShihata eniGma welcomes your comments and suggestions. To contact the editor: Tel.: +(202) 2736 7759 or 2738 2554 e-mail: [email protected] www.enigma-mag.com Enigma Magazine eniGmamagazine Rolex Amina Khalil @EnigmaMagazine BUZZ MIDDLE EAST PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT... MERCEDES-BENZ IS MOST VALUABLE LUXURY AUTOMOTIVE BRAND For the fourth consecutive year, Mercedes-Benz was once more recognised as one of the most desired brands worldwide. The car victoriously ranked eighth in this year’s “Best Global Brands.” It’s estimated brand value of 49,268 billion US dollars made it the only European company in the top ten. Bettina Fetzer, Vice President Marketing at Mercedes-Benz AG, explained that their secret is theirvextraordinary product and brand experience. VACHERON CONSTANTIN LAUNCHES NEW Abu Dhabi Racing & Strata Form New EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Partnership Aiming to empower and inspire young Emirati women, Vacheron Constantin Abu Dhabi Racing & Strata Manufacturing, owned by Mubadala Investment introduced the ‘One of Not Many Mentorship Program’, a new educational Company, have agreed to form a strategic alliance to propel the UAE’s female initiative in collaboration with Zayed University. The program mirrors the spirit empowerment into the upper echelons of global motorsport. The Strata brand of Vacheron Constantin, faithfully perpetuating its proud heritage of know- will adorn Abu Dhabi Racing’s cars and drivers’ uniforms during official com- how, passion and creativity. Noura bint Mohamed Al Kaabi, President of Zayed petitions. Both entities pledged to drive the female empowerment conversation University, commented that this is a huge initiative dedicated to Emirati women. across the UAE. ROTANA MEDIA GROUP JOINS Ora Developers Announces Launch of SHAHID VIP Coveted Winter Festival MBC Group and Rotana Media Group, the two largest media companies in After a long break, leading real estate company Ora Developers announced the MENA region, are joining forces to bring Rotana’s TV channels to Shahid the reopening of ZED Park, with all needed safety measures. The festival will VIP, MBC Group’s subscription video on demand platform. The long-term provide a wide range of entertainment that includes carnival games, fireworks, partnership will allow Shahid VIP to expand its Arabic content offerings busker performances and a performance by the one and only Tamer Hosny. The through its best- in-class streaming services. The new offerings, include TV festival will be open Saturday till Wednesday from 2-10 pm, and Thursday and series, movies and music content that cater to audiences of all ages. Friday from 2pm - 12 am. Entry price is 150 EGP for adults and 100 for kids. 8 www.enigma-mag.com ABU DHABI TOURISM SEES POSITIVE SIGNS OF RECOVERY Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture (DCT) and Tourism held a meeting to share the latest updates on tourism activity in the Emirates. The meeting announced positive signs of recovery such as an increase in airline bookings and higher hotel occupancy rates in the last quarter of the year. Plans to boost tourism even more were also announced. These include the implementation of cashless payment system and the development of bus routes for tourism sites. Ali Hassan Al Shaiba, Executive Director at DCT, stated that even during challenging periods, they are constantly working toward making Abu Dhabi an extraordinary destination. Abdine Palace Hosts Um Kulthum CAIRO FESTIVAL CITY ANNOUNCES CFC Hologram Concert CLUB PROJECT MBC Group brought back the “good old times” with two Umm Kulthum Cairo Festival City (CFC) has unveiled Al-Futtaim Group’s newest flagship concerts in Cairo’s Abdine Palace in November. The legendary singer project, CFC Club, during its participation in the 2020 edition of Cityscape, was presented on stage using hologram technology accompanied by a live Egypt’s biggest real estate exhibition.