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Ashish received her BA in Economics, Politics and International Studies from Warwick University, after which she did a Post-graduate degree in Journalism at the London School of Journalism. The enrapturing designs of Dubai- Sarah Hassan profiles renowned based designer Reem Al-Banna are Indian fashion designer Naeem Khan captured by Sarah Bladen (page (page 72) as well as provides the styles 76). Bladen is a freelance journalist for this issue’s City Style Guide (page who lives in Dubai. She writes 64). Hassan is a New York City-based regularly for The Telegraph, Arts and writer, editor and cultural critic. Her 16 Life at The National and YogaLife. She work has appeared in Treats!, ArtWrit, 17 received her BA in European Studies Coilhouse and The Herald, a monthly from Royal Holloway, University of magazine published in Pakistan, in London and a Postgraduate degree addition to cataloguing Orientalist in Journalism from University of works of art for Bonhams auction the Arts in London. During her five house. An accomplished performer, year stint as editor of OK! Middle she has served on the guest faculty East, Sarah interviewed a long list of for the dance department at Sarah celebrities including Dita Von Teese Lawrence College, where she received and Antonio Banderas, as well as her bachelor’s degree. Hassan is also fashion personalities like Roberto a former Peace Corps volunteer in Cavalli, Diane Von Furstenberg, Mongolia where she taught English Henry Holland and Kenzo Takada. classes in a small town on the Siberian Border. The origins and current nature of the Gezi Park Protests are documented by Istanbul-based In The Thief: Hotel Art Redefined (page 168) NAThalIE Salas explores American journalist JusTIN Vela (page 44). the intriguing hotel art collection of Oslo’s The Thief. Salas is a freelance Vela is a regular contributor to The National, writer and marketing consultant based between London and Asolo, Italy. The Washington Post and The Telegraph, among She started her career in the banking industry working in marketing and other international publications. He’s worked communications for global banking institutions in London and Dubai. in a number of countries around the world, After becoming freelance, she continued to work for clients in the Middle including Syria, Armenia and Turkmenistan. East, UK and Italy helping small businesses improve their marketing and Vela received a Bachelor’s degree in branding on an international level. Her move to Italy sparked her passion International Relations and Journalism for hospitality and boutique hotels. Combined with over 15 years of global from Evergreen State College in Olympia, travelling, her travel site Perfect Boutique Hotel was created to capture all Washington in the USA. He previously worked of her hotel experiences in one place. Salas also regularly contributes to for emerging markets magazine Business New Also writing in this issue Boutique Hotel News. Europe (BNE) as a correspondent from Turkey. are Adnan Z. Manjal, Shanthy Chloe Nambiar and Donna Miller. the EDITOR'S LETTER In his treatise De Officiis (On Duties) Marcus Tullius has since propelled into a larger debate relevant to the Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Rome's greatest statesman and greater region. philosopher, highlights the meaning of diversity by stating that all human beings are the same insofar as There are also pieces on Palestyle, a UAE-based they all have the ability to reason, but at the same time fashion brand dedicated to helping women in are all diverse because, as they can observe through Palestinian refugee camps; Doha-based Lama El- their reason, there are great differences in the bodies Moatassem’s brand Toujouri; Dubai-based designer of human beings and even greater differences in their Reem Al-Banna’s Reemami and renowned Indian- “spirits” or minds (animi). We humans all share in American designer Naeem Khan whose enrapturing reason, but our natural talents, both physical and designs for women symbolize a harmonious blend mental, are quite diverse. of Eastern and Western style. Such a marriage is once again evoked through Youssef Nabil’s powerful We often focus on the similarities that bind a people photographs - a continuous and fervent mix of the together, but why not focus on the diversities that can artist’s Egyptian homeland, love of cinema and also unify them? During a time when the outbreak of international personalities that shape contemporary war seems to cover every inch of Middle Eastern soil, culture. Coverage on the Middle East at this year’s diversity - whether it is political, religious, cultural, Venice Biennale sings a similar note - the artist’s works ideological or societal - seems something that should in the Pavilions represented - a record eight for the hardly be celebrated. Rather, it should be condoned. Middle East and the largest to date ever exhibited from Isn’t it easier to be confined to what we already the region - profess the region’s diversity in artistic know - to what is already recognizable and readily representation captured in an often edgy, at times even understood? Venturing outside our limits only inflicts crude and yet resoundingly deep, manner. fear and pain. As someone once told me, the Middle East will always be tense. And tense it seems destined This issue also highlights the city of Istanbul - the to be. But the tenseness doesn’t have to be feared; it magical post on the Bosphorus whose Asian and can be celebrated. The diversity of the Middle East is European sides meet each other every day in a also what unifies, colors it and makes it rich in heritage, remarkable layering of historical and contemporary history and creativity today and across the ages. monuments. Our photo shoot explores the visual beauty of this historical meeting place whose very Diversity is echoed through this edition of Masquerade. nature was built through a diverse layering of different In this issue’s Unmasked section we cover Sanctity, peoples across time. Saudi filmmaker Ahd Kamel’s acclaimed film that tackles an often unseen side of Saudi society. For This is what philosopher Nayef Al-Rodhan would call a country that still doesn’t have a cinema of its “cultural vigor.” For him, cultural vigor is the cultural own, Kamel’s film explores the reality for a recently resilience and strength that is derived from exchanges widowed and pregnant woman in Jeddah with highly between various cultures and sub-cultures around the poignant artistry - looking at diversity in a society world.

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