Alexandra O’Brien joins Grazia Middle East

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Alexandra O’Brien has joined Grazia Middle East as Lifestyle Editor. Alexandra will be looking after travel, interiors, entertainment, food and some news/health pages. Her regular pages include: Hotlist, Travel, Interiors, Parties and Scene.

Alexandra has previously worked at Madison magazine, NW and TV Week in Australia, and most recently Net-A-Porter online magazine and LuxDeco online magazine in London.

“I’m so excited to work on Grazia Middle East,” says Alexandra. “It is my perfect combo of celeb news, fashion and my personal passion, all things lifestyle!”

Fadwa Salah bids farewell to Nawa3em.com

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Fadwa Salah, Nawa3em.com’s Associate Editor, has announced her departure from 2 Pure publishing. During her 18-month stint at the online Arabic magazine title, Salah played a big role in offering encouragement to both local and international talents, giving a special push to the fashion designers in the region. She plans to return to Egypt to seek new opportunities.

“I really enjoyed my time at Nawa3em.com and I will surely miss everyone,” says Salah. “I’m looking forward to spending some time in Egypt as I think it will give me the chance to explore new opportunities and find out what my next big step will be”.

Salah’s replacement has yet to be announced.

Condé Nast Traveller – Editorial team announced

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Today marks the start of the Condé Nast Traveller editorial team formation, with three key team members announced. Effective immediately, Rhea Saran will take the lead as Editor-in-Chief, with Grazia Middle East Deputy Editor, Jenny King, moving across to join the team as Deputy Editor at the end of September. Sabina Parkinson joins as Art Director, with more team to be announced imminently. Part of the ITP group, this will be APP’s first publication under licence agreement with Condé Nast International and marks the luxury travel title’s debut in the Gulf region.

“The readers of Condé Nast Traveller are discerning, affluent and cultured.  They expect a superior, memorable travel experience and we look forward to showing them how and where they can receive this, both globally and within this region,” says Ali Akawi, Managing Director of APP & ITP Consumer. “Travel is an important part of the lives of people in the Gulf whether this is for leisure or business. Testament to this is the fact we have three of the world’s leading airlines based here and an abundance of international five-star hotels.”

Contact the Condé Nast Traveller Middle East team at CondeNastTraveller@AppGulf.com, or call +971 (0)4 444 3000

Nadia Haj Hassan joins Living Well Magazine

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Nadia Haj Hassan has been announced as the new Fashion Editor of Jordan-based Living Well Magazine, after Tamara El-Nimer stepped down after six successful years at the title. Tamara has decided to leave to pursue a degree in higher education. Nadia will be in charge of the fashion and beauty pages of the best-selling lifestyle magazine.

Alice Nikalls bags permanent post at Hello!

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Having joined Hello! Middle East on a temporary basis in earlier this year, Alice Nikalls has now accepted a full-time position within the publication. As Junior Writer, Alice will cover features, news and local interest stories – including launches and events.

“I joined Hello! Middle East in May 2013 and have been fortunate enough to interview some local personalities, snoop around some fabulous homes and dine in some of Dubai’s best restaurants,” says Alice. “Hello! Middle East is a small yet dynamic team and I’m excited to be a part of it for the long-term”.

New Hello editor announced

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Sonja Stephen has been announced as the new Editor of weekly society glossy, Hello! Middle East. Previously Deputy Editor of the international magazine brand, which falls under the Motivate Publishing umbrella, Stephen takes the reigns with immediate effect after Elle Timms stepped down earlier this month to persue freelance writing opportunities.

“I’m proud, honoured and over the moon about my promotion to Editor,” says Stephen. “I’m looking forward to driving the magazine to even greater success”.

Contact Sonja Stephen at sonja@motivate.ae

 

Elle Timms says goodbye to Hello!

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Elle Timms has announced she will step down as Hello! Middle East Editor after a successful year at the helm of the celebrity and society glossy published by Motivate Publishing, Dubai. British-born Elle became a mother for the first time this summer and is now enjoying a freelance career to be able to spend more time at home with her new daughter, Olive Tabitha.

“I have hugely enjoyed the last three years at Motivate publishing, where I started as Fashion & Beauty Editor for the Emirates Woman Group,” says Elle. “I am saddened to leave behind such a great team and colleagues, however during this equally challenging new stage of my life I need to follow my heart and plan to continue writing and editing while spending valuable time with my baby girl. I wish the team all the best and will be avidly watching to see how the the title develops in the future.”

Deputy Editor, Sonja Stephen, will continue as Acting Editor until a replacement is announced.

Contact Elle Timms for freelance projects at elletimms@me.com