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Hello! Middle East secures Hillary Clinton exclusive

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Hello! Middle East has secured an exclusive interview with US Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton. The seven-page regional exclusive interview will be available across the Middle East from Thursday 13, 2016. It features Hillary speaking about her family, life challenges and reasons why she believes she is ready to be the next US President along with rare pictures of former President Bill Clinton and their grandchildren.

“Being involved in such a game-changing cover is a dream come true, especially given that Hillary Clinton is undoubtedly the most talked about woman across the globe right now,” says Selina Julien, Editor-in-Chief, Hello! Middle East. “Showing Hello! and Hola‘s unrivalled access to the A-list, the rare interview with newly launched sister publication Hola! USA, shows the nurturing side of the wife, mother and grandmother as she takes on Donald Trump in the race to the White House.”

TishTash welcomes Asha Yesudas and Sahrish Munir

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TishTash has appointed Asha Yesudas and Sahrish Munir to the role of Junior Account Executives.  Having joined TishTash, where they worked as Interns, Asha is a recent graduate from the American University of Sharjah with a degree in Business Management and Sahrish from Madonna University with a degree in Economics. In their new role, they will be working across beauty and lifestyle clients as well as supporting the Account Managers with media relations, influencer engagements and day-to-day client servicing activities.

“At TishTash, we are big believers of investing in talent,” says Natasha Hatherall-Shawe, Managing Director, TishTash. “We have trained Asha and Sahrish for the last five months and I couldn’t be more proud of their growth and how they have become an integral part of our team.”

Winners announced for EW Woman of the Year Awards

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The Emirates Woman Woman of the Year Awards 2016 winners were announced at the 12th annual awards event held at the Palazzo Versace last night. The ceremony also marked the 35th year anniversary of the magazine was attended by over 400 guests to recognise women living and working in the UAE who have made their mark in the art, business, philanthropy and entertainment sectors. With over 26 nominees, notable winners include Founder of The Human Spirit Project, Dana Djani who won the Artist category, adventurer, Raha Moharrak who won the Achiever Award, YouTuber and boutique owner, Hayla Ghazal who won the Young Talent category, Founder of Emirates Autism Centre, Amal Galal Sabry who won the Humanitarian award and CEO of Dubai Women Establishment, Shamsa Saleh who won the Visionary award.

DJ Saif and Sound joins Channel 4

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UAE-based radio station Channel 4 has welcomed Disk Jockey, Saif and Sound to its presenter line-up. The resident DJ formerly worked on his-self titled radio show, Saif and Sound on Radio 1 UAE and will now host the show on Channel 4, from Sunday through Thursday between 10am and 1pm, which will include; the most talked about topics in the UAE, entertainment news and the hottest celebrity news as a part of its daily program.

“I am so excited about my new venture and to be back on air,” says Saif and Sound. “I love interacting with my listeners and providing them with the freshest hits. Entertaining people has become a part of my life and being on the radio has helped me achieve these goals and fulfill my passion for music and radio.”

Thomas Fergusan, Programme Director, Channel 4, adds “In our continued efforts to evolve Channel 4 we are making some exciting changes. Saif is one of the hottest talents on radio in the Middle East, with an already established and loyal fan base. Saif has a huge passion and love for radio and music, which makes him a perfect hit for Channel 4. I am positive he’s going to be a huge hit and will do an amazing job entertaining the UAE.”

Boxing News Middle East launches

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The Middle East’s first and only dedicated boxing news portal has launched under the title Boxing News Middle East (www.boxingnewsme.com). The Dubai-based platform has been created to highlight local and regional boxing talent, events and news through insights, features, analysis and hard-hitting opinion pieces that cover issues on the sport in the region.

The online platform has the facility for boxers to upload their fighter profile as well as submit alerts to the news team to highlight any upcoming fights.

Al Arabiya welcomes Sara Hamdan

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Online news station, www.alarabiya.new/English has welcomed Sara Hamdan to the role of weekly Columnist. With over 12 years of experience in journalism, Sara is currently working on a part-time project with Google as well as her blog holidaysinheels.com and previously worked for The New York Times. In her new role, she will be writing one column per week that will be published every Sunday on topics of fashion, food, travel and lifestyle on the Al Arabiya English platform.