Vogue Arabia

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Vogue Arabia
Vogue Arabia logo.svg
March2017 VogueArabia cover.jpg
Gigi Hadid photographed by Inez and Vinoodh for March 2017, debut cover.
Editor-in-ChiefManuel Arnaut
CategoriesFashion
FrequencyMonthly
Publisher Condé Nast
FoundedOctober 2016 (2016-10)
First issueMarch 2017 (2017-03)
Country United Arab Emirates
Based in Dubai
Language Arabic, English
Website vogue.me

Vogue Arabia is the Arab-edition of Vogue magazine. It is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is distributed within several Arabic-speaking countries across the Middle East and North Africa. [1] Vogue Arabia became the 22nd edition of Vogue when its first issue was published in March 2017. Saudi Princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz served as the launch editor-in-chief of the magazine until April 2017. Since April 2017, Manuel Arnaut has been the editor-in-chief. [2] [3]

Contents

History

2016: Foundation and digital launching

In the second half of 2016, it was announced by Condé Nast International, that Vogue Arabia will be launched in Autumn 2016 as a digital website, and in Spring 2017 as a print magazine. Saudi Princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz was appointed as editor-in-chief for the magazine. [4] The publication is a partnership between Condé Nast and Dubai-based media company Nervora.

In October 2016, Vogue Arabia was first released as a dual language website, in Arabic and English, marking the first edition of a Vogue magazine to focus on digital media over print media. It started as Style.com/Arabia but was replaced and rebranded as Vogue.me by the end of 2016. [4]

2017–present: Print launching, Abdulaziz exit and Arnaut arrival

On 1 March 2017, it was revealed the first cover for the magazine, with model Gigi Hadid photographed by Inez and Vinoodh, described as "...one poised photograph, she communicates a thousand words to a region that’s been waiting far too long for its Vogue voice to speak", by editor-in-chief, Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz. [5] On 13 April, it was announced that after two issues, editor Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz was fired as editor-in-chief. The editor stated: "I am proud of what I have been able to accomplish in such a short space of time... It had initially been my intention to build this important and groundbreaking edition of Vogue from inception to a mature magazine in line with others in the Vogue stable." [6] On 14 April, a few days after Abdulaziz exit announcement, Shashi Menon, CEO and publisher Nervora, revealed that Manuel Arnaut will be the new editor-in-chief of Vogue Arabia, effective 7 May 2017. [7] [8]

Vogue Arabia was criticized in 2018 for hailing a Saudi Arabian reform to lift its ban on female drivers while omitting that Saudi Arabia still keeps Saudi women's rights activists imprisoned. The Vogue Arabia cover depicted a glamorous woman behind the wheel of a car in the desert. The woman was a Saudi royal, Princess Hayfa bint Abdullah al-Saud. [9] [10]

Readership

According to Vogue Arabia, most of its readership is from Saudi Arabia. [9]

Editors

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