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CairoScene
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Reema Dahbour SS25 Collection is a Mother's Love, a Woman's Fight
Reema Dahbour SS25 Collection is a Mother's Love, a Woman's Fight Reema Dahbour doesn't design with a single woman in mind. Her work speaks to a collective spirit — mothers, artists, daughters of the diaspora — each one carrying culture like a second skin. The Jordanian-Palestinian designer is known for embedding heritage into form, using embroidery not as ornament, but as memory. In her SS25 collection, created between moments of motherhood and mourning, that memory comes into sharper focus. Her SS25 collection - available exclusively at Galeries Lafayette Doha - carries that legacy pridefully. Crafted with layered intention and cultural strength, the pieces evince to the stories we carry, the traditions we cherish, and the future we envisage. The Muse While designing, Dahbour didn't envision one woman. 'There wasn't one woman, but a collective spirit—mothers, artists, freedom seekers, diaspora daughters. I kept imagining a woman who walks into a room carrying her culture so effortlessly, it doesn't need to be explained.' She describes the season as one shaped by emotional and political urgency. 'Watching our stories and identities be politicized or erased only pushed me to lean in harder,' Dahbour tells SceneStyled. Created between motherhood, mourning, and memory, the collection becomes a vessel for cultural resilience. Motherhood, in particular, deepened her instinct to protect and preserve the culture her daughter will inherit. The Mood The colour palette—muted yellow, pistachio, rose, blush, dusty pink—holds emotional weight. 'Colour became a quiet form of emotional release,' Dahbour says. 'It wasn't about escape, but about choosing softness and hope, even in dark times.' The collection carries the signature refinement of the brand, with a notable evolution in silhouette and sentiment. Olive branches—symbols of endurance—recur throughout, while traditional tatreez motifs are reimagined through shadow embroidery and fragmented stitches. 'The meaning is there even when the eye doesn't fully see it,' she explains. Some garments appear minimal at first glance but carry hidden details: embroidered panels, beaded linings, symbolic motifs stitched into hems and folds. This duality—between public and private—underscores the garments' deeply personal nature. Fabrics include silk, tulle, and brocade, layered with mixed techniques that integrate embroidery into the structure itself, embedding it beyond the surface. Key Pieces & Motifs The Dress of Return is an emotionally layered design embroidered with olive branches, birds, bells, and keys—symbols of memory, movement, and resistance. Inspired by a painting by Hieronymus Bosch, it weaves storytelling into form through subtle symbolism. Some pieces insist on softness. In one rose-pink set, a structured jacket is softened with open sleeves and tone-on-tone embroidery. In another, a full-length yellow gown features pleats across the bodice that fall into layered chiffon. On Craft & Intention 'This time, I wanted to strip the idea of 'occasionwear' down to its essence,' Dahbour says. 'What if the occasion is simply pride in who you are?' The SS25 silhouettes are more versatile than ever—moving beyond pure ceremonial dressing to reflect a more fluid, organic power. The intention remains couture-level, but the effect is lived-in and grounded. Dahbour continues to work closely with regional artisans, pushing the boundaries of embroidery placement and form. 'We failed, learned, and kept going,' she says. 'We're growing together.' How to Style It Andrea Wazen | Franca Glitz Mule 75 in Nude RZ by Rima Zahran | The Statement Ring in Rose Gold MKS Jewelry | Heart Deera Bracelet in Rose Gold Gissah | Ellora Eau de Parfum L'Afshar | Lila Pink Opal Noha Nabil | Lip Ink in Coral Sand The Verdict This is Reema Dahbour at her most assured—bringing together everything she does best: cultural depth, technical craft, emotional clarity. The silhouettes are grounded yet daring, the embroidery is intimate, and the palette carries light without shying from weight.
Jordan Times
13-02-2025
- Business
- Jordan Times
Islamic Insurance Company shareholders' profits total JD2.8m in 2024
The IIC's total assets in 2024 amount to about JD52 million compared with around JD48 million in 2023, with a growth rate of 8 per cent (Photo courtesy of the Islamic Insurance Co) AMMAN — The Islamic Insurance Company (IIC) achieved "good" preliminary financial results at the end of 2024, as shareholders' profits before tax reached JD2.876 million, compared with JD2.550 million for 2023, marking a growth rate of some 13 per cent. The IIC's total assets for 2024 amounted to about JD52 million compared with around JD48 million for 2023, with a growth rate of 8 per cent, while shareholders' equity amounted to JD23.6 million compared with JD23.1 million for 2023, which equals 143 per cent of the company's capital. ICC General-Manager Rida Dahbour said that the company achieved sustainable growth in its various financial indicators and insurance activities, and the company worked during 2024 to maintain sufficient reserves to face risks in order to support business growth and improve profitability, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Dahbour added that all reinsurance agreements with major reinsurance companies were renewed and the agreements expanded for 2025, confirming the great confidence that the company enjoys in the local and global market, in addition to the company's obtaining a credit rating, with a grade of (A++) and a stable future perspective. These achievements also contributed in the company winning the award for the "best Takaful insurance company in Jordan" for 2024 for the fourth consecutive year, according to World Finance international magazine. Also, the ISO certificate license for the quality management system, applied in the company, was renewed so that the company provides all its insurance services in accordance with the latest international quality standards and in accordance with the international ISO 9001:2015 standard, Petra added.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Yahoo
San Mateo man pleads not guilty in girlfriend's fentanyl overdose death
(KRON) — A San Mateo man who is accused of second-degree murder after allegedly providing his girlfriend with the fentanyl that killed her pleaded not guilty in court Thursday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said Pedro Armando Arellano was a regular fentanyl user along with his 26-year-old girlfriend Adrienne Dahbour. On Jan. 4, less than two weeks before his 27th birthday, Arellano allegedly gave Dahbour fentanyl, which they then used together. Dahbour later went home, where she lived in a detached unit on her parents' property in San Mateo. The following morning, Dahbour was found in bed by her mother, dead from a fentanyl overdose, the DA's office said. Maddy Middleton fought for her life, killer testifies on the stand According to prosecutors, the couple had a history of fentanyl overdoses. Arellano had allegedly overdosed on fentanyl three or four times, and Dahbour had previously overdosed twice. Narcan was administered in previous overdoses, saving her life, the DA's office said. At the time of one of the defendant's overdoses, San Mateo Police Department officers warned him that he would be charged with murder if he supplied fentanyl to someone who died from it, the DA's office said. In Redwood City Felony Court on Thursday, Arellano pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and waived his right to a speedy jury trial. Arellano remains in custody without bail. A preliminary hearing was set for April 28. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
