RUNWAY DUBAI PRE- EVENT MAGAZINE 2021

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Founder of Runway Dubai Fashion Show Modupe Omonze welcomes you to the he Annual Runway Dubai
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Welcome to RUNWAY DUBAI 2021
Welcome to the Annual Runway Dubai Fashion Show 2021. From a simple idea of
promoting designers in the region and internationally, we have come a long way
growing from strength to strength with over 210 Fashion designers from more
than 35 countries around the globe.
Following our break in 2020 due to the global COVID 19 pandemic, we will first
like to say that we are grateful to be here, and trust that we are all keeping safe and
doing our part in reducing the negative effect of the COVID 19 in our Society.
This year we expanded our platform by creating an opportunity for fashion institutions
locally. The pandemic was hard on many of us hence the reason for creating
an awareness about togetherness regardless of your race, gender, culture, or
beliefs; humanity is the most important thing. The fashion competition criteria this
year was to create one garment drawing inspiration from two different cultures.
The response was nothing short of spectacularly exhilarating for us, and we are
excited and encouraged to keep creating inspiring initiatives of this nature.
MODUPE OMONZE
Founder, Runway Dubai
The established designers have also taken the color splash theme into
consideration and have exhibited a vibrant side of their pieces in order to draw
more attention to the fashion enthusiasts, and people looking out for unique inspiration.
For the first time on our truly international platform we have the majority
of our designers locally based. The top designers chosen this year are Asma Sultana
from Bangladesh, Imane Harti from Morocco, Margarida Goncalves from
Portugal, Nidhi kumar from India, Reena Khurram from Pakistan, Sania Daniel
from United Kingdom, Zineb Maazouz from Morocco.
We also focused on creating social awareness through this platform that we dearly
love – fashion. This year, our focus was bringing awareness of the issues of Child
slavery and the stigma of Albinism in parts of Africa, featuring Mila
Anufrieva, a fashion icon and a champion for the cause through her platform
“Mila 4 Africa”.
We would like to thank our generous sponsors, our dedicated supporters, our
creative designers, and our distinguished guests for making this journey all worth
it. We appreciate you all.
Modupe
Modupe O. Omonze
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Judges

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Martin Al Masri
Martin is a young entrepreneur who co-owns the
renowned Dubai based “The Victor Closet” fashion Brand. He also operates a
modelling agency and has recently founded “Victor Magazine”, a publication about
fashion, beauty and lifestyle. Martin’s accomplishment partly credits his wide network
earned from his social media activity as an influencer, former model and musician.
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Leena Gauba
Leena is a TV presenter, Speaker, Entrepreneur, journalist,
Dance and Philanthropist. Leenna has a BSc (Hons) in Pharm, MSc in
international management both from Kings college London. She has a Diploma
in journalism and a Diploma in Image Consultancy.
She also works on fashion and lifestyle educational programs.
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Oliver Nakakande
Oliver is Miss World Uganda 2019. She has been a child rights advocate,
humanitarian, speaker and an active international fashion model since her reign in 2019 till
date. Oliver is an influential and phenomenal woman shaping Africa. Her passion is to empower,
motivate while utilizing her core values and presence to transform the lives of women.
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Adnan Zafar
Adnan is the first fashion and style social media influencer from Pakistan also known as Ken Doll.
He is a brand ambassador for Bioderma, NARS cosmetics along with many other beauty and skin
care products.
Zafar talks about Believing in oneself and holding on to the confidence that comes out of self belief.
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THE RUNWAY DUBAI
FASHION TALENT INITIATIVE
The initiative is focused on supporting
emerging designers with mentoring and financial incentives to enhance
the startup and growth of their career in the UAE fashion industry.
CREATIVITY COMES ALIVE ON RUNWAY DUBAI
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unway Dubai continuously seeks to identify fashion talents from the regions that have the potential to be amongst the future
trendsetters in the industry. The Emerging Designer Contest is part of our efforts to reach this goal, paving the way for
opportunities to nurture and develop the fresh talents in the industry. This year, 33 participants have been selected across the
region to showcase their talent on the Runway Dubai platform. The theme for the season is “ 2 Cultures and 1 Garment”, participating
candidates were provided with specific limited size fabric drawing inspiration from any 2 cultures of their choice. The ground-breaking
results are a must see. All fashion design students will receive the Expo fashion awards by Runway Dubai.
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2021 CONTESTANTS
Bindu Aziz Morkas
Nehal Ayman
Nilima Kandalkar
Nusrat Contractor
Vanessa Mangueira
Zainab Yousuf
Fatema Raffique
Taimoor Faris
Marwa Mohammed Ali
Abdelrahman
Noureldin
Ahimbisibwe Felix
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2021 CONTESTANTS
Allena Sudheer
Aysha Minha
Aysha Nargis
Bibi Sumaiya
Eisha Amir
Isra Mohammed
Jeed Zein
Maya Smith
Meghna Williams
Morgan Burger
Nayana Chulliyot
Sandhya Venkatesh
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2021 CONTESTANTS
Tanya Saldanha
Zulekha Fathima
Adiba Maqbool
Amal Aboobacker
Amena Mustafa
Arwa Piplodwala
Liyana Kadeeja
Um Kulsum
Zainab Shabbar
Zaheema Zaheer
Yuha Hamid
Saliha Tahir Dar
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Last year September: I went to Guinea Conakry on behalf of the children's foundation. At that time, our organization was
already gaining momentum, and we’ve been helping more and more people. About a hundred albinos were meeting me at
the airport departures – all impeccably dressed with wide smiles on their faces. “Everyone looked so smart, and content –
I suddenly had a flash through my head. I had already been aware of discrimination against albinos in Africa, but haven't
really seen the whole picture. At that moment the truth about being an albino was revealed. I'd like to tell you about our
boy Karim, one of the seven slave children who we saved and brought to our centre in Conakry. But the moment I found
him, we weren't able to pick him up from the street quickly. Karim is an albino. A soulless tool for someone's wealth, that
has no rights and is not considered a person in his family. He is considered a slave.
He used to basically work on the streets collecting money for other people. Karim gets good alms as he is sick, and fragile.
He has been hit by a car twice. He needs treatment urgently, otherwise, he’ll lose all the chances to live! This is the sad
reality: the more pity a child causes, the more money they make from him on the streets. Now we are doing everything we
can to take Karim and more kids like this to our shelter, we built for this purpose. But it's not that simple. It’s impossible to
just pick up someone else's child from the street even though he’s clearly being humiliated. Here in Africa savagery
coexists with civilized laws. To anyone reading this, just saving Karim and others like him from the streets is not enough.
We need to keep a permanent centre where slaves saved from the streets could live safely and have a good life.
Something and much as 5 dollars will go a long way. you will never realize how much it means to us all.

MEET OUR 2021 DESIGNERS
Runway Dubai is proud to present the Collections from highly
creative emerging designers and fashion houses
Asma Sultana
Iman Harti
Margarida Goncalves
Nidhi Kumar
Reena Khurram
Sania Daniel
Zineb Maazouz
Our Piq (Brand)
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Asma Sultana started as a fashion entrepreneur in
1997. Her inspiration comes from the wanderlust
with its sole inspiration deriving from Paris
combining with her Bangladeshi heritage. All her
collections for her couture line “ZOAN ASH’’
feature beautifully crafted gowns and dress with
fabric of choice jamdani, Katan, chiffon , silk
velvet or any kind of sustainable fabric adorned
with crystals, semi precious stones, hand
embroidery and sequins. ‘’ZOAN ASH’’ is here to
tailor your designer dream into a wonderful craft
that will speak royalty itself.
ASMA
SULTANA
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man Harti, is a presenter,
fashion consultant and a
fashion designer. She is a
person with strong creativity,
intuition, and has a passion for
clothes and an eye for style. Her
brand is “Maison H “ and her
main objective is to let her true
personality shine through her
designs.
Iman
Harti

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ONNA NOIR is for both genders, for enthusiastic
people that want to show up with impressive
looks that match their ideal of self confidence and
unbroken personality. Saying “genderless” has the
reason of believing that man or woman should be free to
wear either pants or heels, normalizing the individual
sense of aesthetic and at least giving a freedom of
choice. For me it will be a pleasure being recognized as
part of it together with so many others across the world.
MARGARIDA
GONCALVES

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Nidhi
Kumar
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IDHI KUMAR, is Dubai
based emerging Indian
designer behind BYNK
designs. She has been fascinated by
exquisite clothing since a young age.
A Fashion Design graduate, who
was captivated towards couture and
always aimed to make every woman
to feel chic yet elegant with her
collections.

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REENA
KHURRAM
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eena Khurram is from Pakistan, as a fashion designer, she always think about how women can embrace their inner beauty &
strength which will reflect on their overall personality. Her brand “R-Kouture”, will provide a diversified collection of Classy
attire for different body types, making women feel confident & powerful with elegance. R-Kouture believes in providing high
quality attire with personalized services to clients because for us, every client is extremely valuable.
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SANIA
DANIEL
Sania Daniel is the owner and
designer for “The House Of Nubian”
which perseveres to showcase trendy
and bespoke designs with a focus on
elegance, uniqueness and boldness.
The brand represents a strong yet
feminine Nubian Queens of ‘Old
’dubbed as “Wonder Women”, who
were defined by their strength,
confidence & leadership all wrapped
in an embodiment of beauty. The
designs will always be bold in colors
found in African fabrics from around
the continent and are reflective of
richness cultures from the nations
and kingdoms from which the Queens
of Nubia reigned. The House of
Nubian aims to produce innovative
outfits
that are a fusion of Middle Eastern,
British, European and African designs
with an objective to give every
woman an experience. The designs
are for the confident woman who
desires to stand out from the crowd.
As a brand “The House Of Nubian”
strives for individuality.
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ZINEB MAAZOUZ
Zineb Maazouz is a Fashion designer from Morocco. She started her career as a flight attendant until the
Covid lockdown, which prompted her to focus on her love for fashion. She is inspired by her mom who
is a seamstress. Her brand name is Nobleza, it is a haute couture brand that brings to the market a
high-end and unique design, with a specialty of wedding, evening dresses, and caftans.
The Nobleza runway collection is named Aicha Contessa inspired by Aicha who was a historical legend
from the 16th century. She was a noble lady, a resistance fighter known for her strength, intelligence,
cunning, and exceptional beauty, she fought against the Portuguese colonization in Morocco. She
appeared at night to the invaders and used her beauty to lure them to the isolated areas in mountains
and executed them.

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THE RUNWAY DUBAI TEAM WILL LIKE
TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF
OUR EVENT THIS YEAR 2021
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
AGAIN NEXT YEAR
RUNWAY DUBAI 2022
NOVEMBER 24th – 26th, 2022