Our founder Nour Hassan spills the tea on MEN vs. WOMEN on social media and how being smart is more difficult that being aesthetic. She does not hold back - Enjoy!

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In this solo episode our founder Nour Hassan talks about the "fun girl" phenomenon affecting girls in their 20's and how to be THE girl instead. Enjoy and DM us your feedback.

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In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Chairman & CEO of Nile Porjects Ahmed El Naggar on the openin og contemporary luxury stores Sandro Paris & Maje Paris in Egypt.

Since its establishment in 1972 and official incorporation in 1985, Nile Projects & Trading Co. has evolved significantly, transitioning from importing tires and food products to pioneering the introduction of major international fashion brands into the Egyptian market. Initially focused on tire distribution, Nile Projects achieved remarkable success, becoming the exclusive distributor for Bridgestone products and later acquiring rights for Firestone. Expanding into the retail sector, Nile Projects marked milestones with the opening of stores for renowned brands like Charles & Keith, Tommy Hilfiger, Ferragamo, Calvin Klein, Burberry, Polo Ralph Lauren, and D Store among others with over 120 stores across Egypt. Recognized
for excellence, Nile Projects has consistently expanded its reach, venturing into neighboring markets and embracing e-commerce to ensure widespread accessibility to its diverse range of offerings.

For more information visit @nileprojectsretail.

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In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Maram Aboul Enein, Egyptian-Canadian Fashion Designer and Creative Director about her eponymous fashion brand MARAM. A brand rooted in energy, spirituality and the wandering soul, MARAM's aesthetic is an idealistic example of fashion for the soul. We speak to Maram about her time at Parsons Paris studying fashion, moving to Montreal to establish her brand, and finally returning to Cairo where she set up shop for a new chapter with deeper goals. The latest collection entitled CYCLE 11 THIS IS NOT A DREAM is a comment on current times, charged with the energy of hope.

If you'd like to learn more about MARAM visit www.shopmaram.com or @maram.official.

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In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Emirati artist and poet Sarah Almehairi.

Born in 1998, Sarah a practicing artist from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and an Art and Art History major at New York University Abu Dhabi, class of 2019. Sarah Almehairi’s overarching body of work unfolds a discourse on themes of materiality, systems & interrelations, memory, and language through the intuitive and poetic examination of narrative and abstraction. By engaging with geometric forms, she extracts and defines a structural language read time and time again to suggest a form other than its own – a map, a sentence, a puzzle piece. Through the process, they are broken down, built, and reassembled as continuous iterations of themselves. These elements towards telling a story are not so explicit, lines and layers are used throughout her pieces as a means of exploring clarity and organization of collected information.

Latest exhibitions include:
2024
“’Encounters' 'لقاءات“', Dubai Collection, Dubai
2023
“Off Centered Pauses”, JJ Joong Jung Gallery, Seoul
“Don’t Overlook the Weather (As Your Thoughts Collect)”, Alserkal Arts Foundation Public Commission. Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
2022
“When the Ground Was”, CARBON 12, Dubai

Most recently, Sarah Almehairi is amongst the finalists for this years #LouvreAbuDhabiArtHere and Richard Mille Art Prize. Winners will be announced September 2024.

Sarah is also the co-founder of Jara Collective and a cycling trainer at one of our favorite studios in the UAE CRANK.

For more information on Sarah Almehairi's work please contact CARBON 12.

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In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Lebanese artist and Creative Director Ali Cha'aban who is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Ali's art traverses the liminal lines between our cultural heritage as Arabs and the contemporary world we find ourselves immersed in online. He has worked with the likes of Nike, Fendi, Gucci, Selfridges, Les Benjamins, and more prominent luxury brands, indie regional powerhouses, and sportswear titans to develop pioneering creative or innovative designs that finally speaks to MENA youth. Ali talks talks to us about grappling with identity, being a Renaissance man and how the Arabic language always makes its way into his work.

If you'd like to see more of Ali's work check out @alichaaban or https://www.alichaaban.com/

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Our founder Nour Hassan shares the story behind her Instagram bio "Leaves Early" and shares her top 6 leveling up tips to help you map out your day and set yourself up for success.

Enjoy! #curatedbyRC

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Introducing The Radical Contemporary Podcast x Alserkal Avenue podcast Sustainability Spotlight mini-series in collaboration with Alserkal Avenue and hosted by Radical Contemporary founder Nour Hassan.

The series is focused on #actionism and is entitled "Actionists: Moving from Commitment to Action."

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In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Curator Tairone Bastien and Fiza Akram, Alserkal Advisory Special Projects Director on the Global Co-Commission around the theme "A Feral Commons."

The Global Co-commission project, spearheaded by Alserkal Advisory, in collaboration with the Global Cultural Districts Network, unites three cultural districts across three continents: Alserkal Avenue in Dubai, Kingston Creative in Kingston, Jamaica, and Victoria Yards in Johannesburg, South Africa, in a collective response to the global climate crisis.. Working with artists in each of the participating districts, the Global Co-commission intends to inspire new narratives of possibility, ultimately creating public art that is both responsible and impactful.

The intent of the co-commission project is to harness the power of networked cultural districts to respond collectively to urgent global subjects, and invite participants to renew their current perspectives and learnings. This inaugural cycle (2022-23), curated by Tairone Bastien, asks artists from the participating districts to respond to the central theme of climate change, and more specifically A Feral Commons, urging artists in these locations can rise to new challenges and rethink modes of working, create new models of the commons and new ways of living.

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