The Curation by Nour Hassan

Our founder Nour Hassan takes you along with her for 25Hours at the 25Hours Piazza San Paolino . Visit 25Hours Hotel for more cool cities.  Support the show

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Doina Ciobanu known as simply Doina, is a Milan and London-based fashion influencer turned Creative Director and Sustainability Advocate. Described as having one of the strongest personal brands in the United Kingdom’s fashion industry, Doina has modeled and collaborated with a list of luxury fashion brands that includes Agent Provocateur, Burberry, and Versace. Doina started her influencer journe...

In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Chiara Costa , Head of Programs at Fondazione Prada .  Chiara Costa, Head of Programs at Fondazione Prada since 2019, is the volcanic mind behind the projects organized in the Fondazione Prada ecosystem.  Art historian and researcher, she has collaborated with la Biennale di Venezia, Manifesta, CCCS Strozzina in Florence, Swiss Institute in Rome,...

In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to scenographer and light artist Soheil Rad . Soheil Rad’s work was displayed @leilahellergallery at Alserkal Avenue during Dubai Art Week and Alserkal Art Week. Soheil Rad is an Iranian scenographer and light artist passionate about combining his design background in Italy with Iranian arts creating light sculptures and objects. Because of his fasci...

In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Bangladeshi immigrant artist Asif Hoque. As a Bangladeshi immigrant raised between Rome and South Florida, Hoque draws on his own experience to figuratively and stylistically merge aspects of multicultural identity within his painting practice. Combining his early fascination with the classical fine arts with a palette of earthy browns and neutrals...

In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to the Regional Director of Art Dubai , Hala Khayat .  Hala Khayat is a scholar on Arab and Middle Eastern Modern and Contemporary art and has been integral in developing Christie’s Dubai since its inception in 2007, playing a key role in the expansion and globalisation of the Middle East’s art market both within the UAE and the greater region. Khaya...

In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to the Associate Director of VIP Relations at Art Dubai , Zain Mahjoub .  Zain Mahjoub leads Art Dubai’s VIP and regional engagement strategies, bringing diverse experience across the commercial and not-for-profit arts and culture sector in the Middle East, having worked as a practitioner, project manager, and researcher. She is currently associate d...

In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan  speaks to Egyptian fashion designer Sara El Emary .  They talk about not only fashion design and how Sara started her career but also about women empowerment, finding yourself after starting a family, being confident in your own skin and pursuing your dreams.  Sara El Emary's concept for starting a clothing line was born out of the demands that were p...

In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to our fitness guru Rowana Badry . They speak about Rowana's fitness journey, starting from being on the National swimming team to her moving to the United States. Rowana shares with us a big part of her life as a fitness coach but also as a wife and mother and how she balances it all. Rowana Badry  is a certified fitness trainer and nutrition s...

Our founder Nour Hassan takes you through her 3-year journey to joining the 5AM Club, and how the book by Robin Sharma , who Nour has met and interviewed, changed her life. This is a quickie for the road. Enjoy. Support the show

In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to SNAP14 Productions   co-founder Nadia El-Dasher . They speak about how Snap14 came to light, how Nadia's interest in Fashion Production started and the behind the scenes of  some of the amazing shoots they did such as Vogue Arabia , GQ Middleeast , Harper's Bazaar Arabia and many more.  SNAP14 is a creative production agency producing sti...

In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Relaxscent founder Nour Zanaty. They speak about their candle collaboration "A Light That Never Goes Out", which sparked a friendship over a mutual love of words and candles. The challenges of starting a business at a young age, and turning a creative hobby into your dream job. Nour Zanaty is now a contestant on SHARK TANK Egypt . Having...

Nour's first solo episode. Support the show

In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Hana Rashad the founder of jewelry brand HRH or Her Royal Highness . This episode marks the drop of Radical Contemporary and HRH's collaboration "RADICAL ROYALTY" which the two hint, as well as one of many topics covered in this conversation. HRH was built because we believe that every woman has her own definition of femininity. You...

In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Delta Venus . In this episode we spoke to Delta Venus about oneness, spirituality and the practice of mindfulness. We cover topics such horoscopes, divine femininity, creativity, readings and the connection to our Egyptian ancestors. Paige Hasaballah otherwise known as Delta Venus is a visionary artist & conduit of ancient wisdom teachings exp...

In this week's episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Hend & Mohamed El Kahhal . In this episode we talked to Hend and Mohamed El Kahhal about their latest collection "Weaving Eternity", landing a store at the Grand Egyptian Museum - one of the biggest museums in the world - and finally the dialogue between heritage and contemporary carpets. El Kahhal family has the oldest h...

In this week's episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Naeem Khan . In this episode we spoke with Naeem Khan about his inspiration, the importance of being unique and what are his future plans for the brand. For the first time in Egypt, legendary Indian-American fashion designer Naeem Khan had his sensational SS’23 fashion show at LMD ’s Cairo Design District . His designs are inspired by...

In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to People and Places   founders Mohamed El Assal, Karim El Assal and Nabil Amasha, . The episode covers many topics including the vision behind People & Places as well as the founding story, why this name in particular was chosen for a real estate company, how the launch of their star project The Med was an integral part and why they chose to begi...

In this week's episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Seif Fawzy . Seifeldin Fawzy is the co-founder & COO of The TriFactory . A former corporate lawyer, Seif has been developing The TriFactory's sports events portfolio since 2015, including Egypt's flagship running race, the Pyramids Half Marathon, which is proudly supported by global sports giant Puma . For more informatio...

In this week's episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Essa Ramadan . They spoke about the event, “Waking Up,” which was Dar Al Funoon ’s introduction and official launch into the Egyptian art market which took place at Marmonil factory, in collaboration with El Beit Magazine . Waking Up seeks to break through the confinements of the medium of paint, by providing motion through the motion...

In this episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Lana Sawiris . This is Lana's second time on our podcast. Since our last conversation a year and a half ago, a lot has changed! Most notably, Lana launched her new company &LANA , a creative incubator committed to the development of emerging and established brands. Based in New York & Paris, &LANA works with clients globally to nu...

In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Sophia Khalifeh . Sophia is a third culture creative and photographer based in Dubai who’s passions drive her ambition for creation and collaboration. She graduated from Parsons The New School for Design in NYC during a global pandemic , where she majored in Culture and Media Studies, and Minored in Fashion Communication. Her breadth of knowledge s...

In this week's episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to actor, writer, producer and comedian, Shadi Alfons . He spearheaded SNL Arabia for the very first time in the Middle East. He was the main cast member and news anchor for Weekend Update. He made his American TV debut in season one of Hulu's award-winning show RAMY as the titular character's over the top cousin, Shadi. They sp...

In this week's episode, our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Egyptian competitive swimmer, Farida Osman . She specializes in the butterfly and freestyle stroke and she's known as "el farasha" which means butterfly in Arabic. She's an All African gold medalist and Egyptian National champion and record holder. They speak about all things swimming, the importance of mental healt...