‘Being Arab has influenced me to be open,’ Gigi Hadid tells Vogue Arabia

US-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid has been unveiled as the cover star of Vogue Arabia’s second anniversary issue. (File: AFP)
Updated 27 February 2019
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‘Being Arab has influenced me to be open,’ Gigi Hadid tells Vogue Arabia

DUBAI: US-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid has been unveiled as the cover star of Vogue Arabia’s second anniversary issue.

The magazine features a photoshoot and exclusive interview with the 23-year-old, who opens up about her upbringing.

“A lot of people make assumptions about my family, but our childhood wasn’t ‘Hollywood.’ My parents never made their success an excuse for me, I always knew that after high school I was expected to work towards supporting myself, so I never put all my eggs in the modeling basket,” Hadid told Vogue Arabia.

“Being Arab has influenced me to be open and loving of all backgrounds, realizing that being more of one thing doesn’t make you less of something else,” she added.

This marks Hadid’s 37th Vogue magazine cover to date and her second for Vogue Arabia.


Shakira to headline second Offlimits fest in Abu Dhabi

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Shakira to headline second Offlimits fest in Abu Dhabi

DUBAI: Music sensation Shakira has been announced as the headline act for the Offlimits music festival, which returns to Abu Dhabi this year for its second edition.

The Colombian singer will bring her “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” world tour to Etihad Park in Yas Island on Apr. 4 to top the bill at the full-day, multi-stage event

One of the world’s most influential artists, Shakira has sold over 95 million records worldwide, earned four Grammy and 15 Latin Grammy Awards, and is the most-streamed female Latin artist of all time.

Shakira’s return marks her fourth performance in the UAE. She previously played Dubai Autodrome in 2007 and has appeared twice in Abu Dhabi before — at Emirates Palace in 2008 and du Arena in 2011.

Last year’s inaugural Offlimits was headlined by Ed Sheeran and featured acts such as OneRepublic, Kaiser Chiefs, Faithless, ARTBAT, Fun Lovin’ Criminals and Zeyne.