For this new episode of Unlimited Women’s Brands, we’re honored to welcome Dr Reem Tariq

Ṭariq: (Arabic; Synonym: tulle_bi_talli; talli; badla; khus_dozi ), series of small metal knots made on a woven net ground as embellishment. The term is commonly used in the Levant Arab region specifically in Lebanon.

El Mutwalli.

Founder of the Zay Zay: (Arabic: costume, Pl. azyaā’), a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period. Initiative, the region’s first fashion-history archive, Dr El Mutwalli has dedicated most of her life, studies, and work to the preservation of Arab art and cultural heritage.

With a Ph.D. in Islamic Art and Archeology, since her pioneering role at the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi in the ‘80s to the most recent webinars and the launch of the digital platform Zay Zay: (Arabic: costume, Pl. azyaā’), a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period. Initiative Reem has become a renowned expert in Islamic Art and UAE Heritage which she advocates and celebrates with great passion and charm

I had the pleasure to meet Dr El Mutwalli for her presentation on The Art of Arab Dress at the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi and her passion for the subject was so contagious that it encouraged me right there and then to invite her to join us on Unlimited to share with all of us her inspiring journey.



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