Tilila Oulhaj is «making Marrakech her fashion playground», wrote Vogue World in an article dedicated to the twenty-two-year-old Moroccan model. Born in Azilal, Tilila worked as a debate teacher before deciding to move to Marrakech to start her modeling career. The young woman represents the two sides of a modern and traditional world through fashion. Moroccan model Tilila Oulhaj./Ph. Vogue The full-time model works for local brands and «established» ones as Vogue
Who said veiled women cannot be cosplayers ? Attending the New York' 2018 Comic Con, a group of Hijabi girls pulled off their favorite Marvels costumes, proving everyone wrong. According to American magazine TeenVogue, the veiled cosplayers marked the annual event that took place last weekend and impressed the internet. In a photo shared on social media by one of these girls, they appear «dressed as characters like Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man, but the only difference was
On social media, Moroccan women created their own hashtag to denounce sexual harassment. Masaktach, (I am not keeping quiet) has went viral on the internet and several female internet users took their anger to Twitter and Facebook in a quite particular context. In fact, Morocco passed on September the 12th bill 103.13 on combating violence against women and which was dedicated also to sexual harassment. This step, in addition to several cases that were recently mediatized such as the
«Fashion is at its best when it both adapts to the needs of society and reflects its social and political undercurrents», said Jill D’Alessandro the Curator in Charge of Costume and Textile Arts at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco after the De Young Museum opened an exhibition on Muslim fashion, September the 22nd. More than 50 designers exposed their collections, including Dior and Nike Hijab to highlight diversity and «modesty». The exhibition entitled
Soumia Elouali Hanini is from Bouznika. She left Morocco for Spain in 1997, for a summer vacation but ended up settling down there. «I did not plan to stay there, but fell in love with the country and decided to come back for my studies», she told Yabiladi earlier this week. The young woman sat for her university entrance exam for students who are above 25 years-old, and started studying fashion, design and modeling, before taking makeup classes. Her thirst for knowledge is
An evaluation conducted by the Screening Group, Early Detection and Prevention Section of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, revealed that the Breast Cancer Screening Program in Morocco is limited, reported community website for medical imaging professionals AuntMinnie on Tuesday. The group led by Dr. Pathu Basu, interviewed managers and visited randomly selected sites, indicating that the program applied in the Kingdom comes «up short in terms of the
Barbadian singer and song-writer Rihanna has stirred controversy on social media after releasing a promotional video for her new Moroccan-inspired eyeshadow palette «Moroccan Spice», reported online newspaper Arab News on Thursday. The 30-year-old star has been slammed for not hiring a Moroccan model when advertizing for her new makeup product. The desert-themed video was posted on the singer’s Instagram on the 6th of July, it has since then received many
RnB singer Rihanna Fenty launched on July the 6th her new Moroccan-inspired eyeshadow palette «Moroccan spice», with 16 shades changing from matte to shimmer. The palette is inspired by the souks and spices of Morocco. Talking about the palette, on the Fenty Beauty website the Barbadian star said that «when I think of Moroccan spice markets, I think of rich, sultry flavors. This palette embodies that. I love that there’s a little dash of everything here. If you only
Young Moroccan women told AFP that they face prejudice and harassment when surfing in the Rabat coast. «It’s easier in the winter because the beaches are empty, in the summer we suffer a lot of harassment, that’s why we pay attention to what we wear», 29-year-old surfer Meriem told the French press agency. Meanwhile, Jalal Medkouri who runs a Surf Club in Rabat’s Udayas beach told the same source that «some families are ashamed that their daughters practice
Two destinations have been this year on the travel list of Spanish influencers : Lanzarote and its volcanic landscapes, and Marrakech. Its captivating landscape, streets and riads decorated to perfection attract fashion bloggers searching for a perfect location to their shootings, according to the Spanish edition of the American magazine Harper's Bazaar. But these influencers are not the only ones to fell in love with the imperial city. The Spanish ready-to-wear label Zara was
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