JEDDAH: Upcoming Moroccan-British model Nora Attal is the face of Vogue Arabia this December. Attal gives a nod to her Arabian roots, wearing a traditional ceremonial headpiece.
The magazine’s covers have been known to create a stir online as their cover stars in the past including Gigi and Bella Hadid, and Rihanna, were deemed not “Arab enough” by its fans.
While Vogue Arabia is her first solo Vogue cover, the Arab model was featured on her first British Vogue cover alongside Edie Campbell, Kate Moss, Stella Tennant, and Jean Campbell for the September issue earlier this year.
“In December, we celebrate fashion’s rising stars. After walking for Versace, Chanel, Fendi, and JW Anderson, @noraattal is the new Arab model taking the world by storm,” Vogue Arabia wrote on Instagram.
Vogue Arabia’s editor in chief, Manuel Arnaut, said: “Ever since I first saw Nora Attal on the runway, I knew she was perfect for Vogue Arabia. Not only does she have the most gorgeous features (including glorious eyebrows), her charisma and focus make her unique. Chat with her and you will find her cool, contemporary, and a great ambassador of the Arab world, who is still extremely connected to her culture.”
Attal, 18, was raised in London, but is connected to her parents’ Moroccan roots through regular visits to the country.
“I picked up the language and can understand it, but my Arabic is quite broken. But because I visit so often, I feel connected to the culture. I often talk to my Moroccan friends,” she told Vogue Arabia.
She told the magazine that the cover is “a dream come true.”
Attal also revealed that her Arab heritage has not seen her face any discrimination in the fashion industry.
Model Nora Attal pays homage to Arab roots on Vogue cover
Model Nora Attal pays homage to Arab roots on Vogue cover
Some Warren Buffett wisdom on his last day leading Berkshire Hathaway
OMAHA, Nebraska: The advice that legendary investor Warren Buffett offered on investing and life over the years helped earn him legions of followers who eagerly read his annual letters and filled an arena in Omaha every year to listen to him at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings.
Buffett’s last day as CEO is Wednesday after six decades of building up the Berkshire conglomerate. He’ll remain chairman, but Greg Abel will take over leadership.
Here’s a collection of some of Buffett’s most famous quotes from over the years:
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“Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.”
That’s how Buffett summed up his investing approach of buying out-of-favor stocks and companies when they were selling for less than he estimated they were worth.
He also urged investors to stick with industries they understand that fall within their “circle of competence” and offered this classic maxim: “Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.”
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“After they first obey all rules, I then want employees to ask themselves whether they are willing to have any contemplated act appear the next day on the front page of their local paper to be read by their spouses, children and friends with the reporting done by an informed and critical reporter.
“If they follow this test, they need not fear my other message to them: Lose money for the firm and I will be understanding; lose a shred of reputation for the firm and I will be ruthless.”
That’s the ethical standard Buffett explained to a Congressional committee in 1991 that he would apply as he cleaned up the Wall Street investment firm Salomon Brothers. He has reiterated the newspaper test many times since over the years.
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“You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.”
Many companies might do well when times are good and the economy is growing, but Buffett told investors that a crisis always reveals whether businesses are making sound decisions.
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“Who you associate with is just enormously important. Don’t expect that you’ll make every decision right on that. But you are going to have your life progress in the general direction of the people you work with, that you admire, that become your friends.”
Buffett always told young people that they should try to hang out with people who they feel are better than them because that will help improve their lives. He said that’s especially true when choosing a spouse, which might be the most important decision in life.
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“Our unwavering conclusion: never bet against America.”
Buffett has always remained steadfast in his belief in the American capitalist system. He wrote in 2021 that “there has been no incubator for unleashing human potential like America. Despite some severe interruptions, our country’s economic progress has been breathtaking.”
