The Ladies’ Majlis

Presented within the serene setting of The Ladies’ Majlis, this collection brings together a curated selection of works by female artists and designers from across the MENA region. Spanning painting, sculpture, collectible design and fine jewellery, the presentation reflects the breadth and depth of contemporary female creative practice.

Conceived as a space for meaningful gathering and cultural exchange, the Majlis provides an intimate context in which these works can be experienced. The selection reflects themes of identity, heritage and modern expression, highlighting the vital contribution of women to the region’s evolving artistic landscape.

Curated in collaboration with FAME Collective (Female Artists of the Middle East), the presentation forms part of the club’s ongoing commitment to championing the arts and nurturing community. Rooted in collaboration and visibility, the collection offers members the opportunity to engage with a distinct cross-section of contemporary voices within a setting designed to inspire connection and patronage.

 

 

 

Assieds-Toii

Founded by Haya and Isabella, Assieds-toii is an interiors brand dedicated to the pieces we sit on, from chairs and sofas to conversation seats that carry stories as much as they provide comfort. Rooted in a shared passion for fashion, art and design, the brand believes a home should reflect personal taste rather than imposed trends.

The idea began with a dishevelled conversation chair discovered at an antique market, inspiring a creative journey of restoration. By pairing vintage forms with bold prints and rich fabrics, often deadstock or from houses such as Colefax and Nobilis, each piece blends history, craft and modern expression.

Assieds-Toii
Vintage Stripe
100% Linen
H50 x W48 x Base W34 cm

Assieds-Toii
Blush Blossom
Cotton Linen Blend
H50 x W48 x Base W34 cm

Assieds-Toii
Noosa Stool
Cotton Blend
H50 x W48 x Base W34 cm

Assieds-Toii
Lime Green Stool
Polyester Blend
H50 x W48 x Base W34 cm

Assieds-Toii
Desert Chic Stool
53% Cotton, 33% Viscose, 14% Linen
H50 x W48 x Base W34 cm

Assieds-Toii
Moon & Stars Stool
Acrylic 38%, Polyester 62%
H50 x W48 x Base W34 cm

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Banafsheh Hemmati

Banafsheh Hemmati is an Iranian designer-artist based between Dubai and Tehran, working at the intersection of art, design and philosophy. With a PhD in Philosophy of Art and a background in Industrial Design, she reinterprets Islamic geometry through contemporary forms across sculptural jewellery, installations and collectible design objects.

Her project Body Geometry includes sculptures and jewellery derived from classical Islamic geometry, reversing its traditional logic from unity toward multiplicity. This small-scale sculpture begins with a geometric foundation that undergoes rupture and reassembly, inviting shifting perspectives, new volumes and spatial contradictions, transforming geometry into a dynamic tool for questioning perception and engaging the viewer.

Banafsheh Hemmati
Disrupted Sphere
Bronze
30 x 22 x 28 cm

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Bokja

BOKJA is a Beirut-based design collective inspired by storytelling and the weaving of narratives that foster a community grounded in sustainability, creativity and freedom. Known for its assemblage aesthetic, BOKJA brings together textile fragments from different times and places, arranging them in unexpected compositions to express a unified message.

The name BOKJA refers to a traditional fabric bundle used to wrap a bride’s dowry, often hand-embroidered by generations of women, symbolising heritage, memory and shared craft.

Bokja
Mickey Chair
Wood, Linen
L78 x W71 x H84 cm

 

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Bokja
Moonrose Chair
Wood, Linen
L78 x W71 x H84 cm

Bokja
Owning Our Shadow
Embroidered Tapestry
165 x 95 cm

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Carla Baz

Carla Baz is a French-Lebanese designer fostering synergies between her innovative approach to furniture and lighting and the accomplished craftsmanship of Lebanese artisans. Her projects are rooted in a refined dialogue where forward-thinking ideas meet noble, hand-worked materials.

Through this process, unique and elegant pieces emerge, thoughtfully positioned within their landscape. The Monarch lighting series embodies opulence and intricate detailing while maintaining an overall sense of lightness. Marble is used as a luxurious adornment, enhancing each form with depth and character, while flamboyant coloured stones further elevate the designs, giving the collection its distinctive identity.

Carla Baz
MONARCH – Floor Lamp in Rosso Alicante
Rosso Alicante, Brass
Diam. 60 x H 180 cm

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Dina Sue Mousallam

Dina-Sue Mussallam is a Lebanese-American artist based between Dubai and Beirut. After a career spanning finance, events, PR and personal development, she reinvented herself as a ceramic artist, channelling her story of resilience and transformation into clay.

Her practice is entirely hand-built and intuitive, without sketches or moulds. Sculpting directly with clay, she allows each piece to emerge organically, guided by emotion. Her glazing process is equally instinctive, layering colours that flow and merge unpredictably in the kiln, creating unique surfaces that reflect life’s hidden depths.

Every work she creates is conceived as a woman: a mask, a memory or a transformation. Together they form an inner mythology of resilience, love and rebirth. Hand-built from white stoneware and dressed in luminous layers of glaze, each surface reveals shifting tones, rich textures and unexpected harmonies born from the fire.

Dina Sue Mousallam
Hidden Reef, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 23 cm x 24 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Hob Large, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 28 cm x Height 32 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Hob Small, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 14 cm x Height 20 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Lagoon Glow, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 31.5 cm x Height 42 cm
Diameter 40 cm x Height 39 cm
Diameter 31.5 cm x Height 42 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Mint Bloom Coffee Table, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
44 x 50 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Ocean Moss, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 23 cm x 24 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Olive Float Platter, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 30 cm x 30 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Pink Bloom Coffee Table, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
50 x 50 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Pink Panther Platter, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 38 cm x 30 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Purple Blossom, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 22 cm x Height 38 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Rose Platter, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 40 cm x 36 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Silent Bloom, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 27 cm x Height 42 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Soft Blush, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter 20 x 20 x Height 23 cm

Dina Sue Mousallam
Wild Amethyst, 2025
White stoneware, glaze
Diameter top 23 cm down 19 cm x Height 24 cm

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Eclectic Decks

Founded in Santa Monica by Leila Nazarian, Eclectic Decks is a contemporary art and lifestyle brand that blends global traditions with modern design. Each collection reimagines time-honoured prints and patterns from around the world on wooden skateboards, transforming an iconic symbol of California surf and skate culture into a vessel for cultural storytelling.

The debut collection takes inspiration from Persian tilework, with designs screen-printed in Los Angeles and handmade khatamkari marquetry crafted by artisans in Isfahan, creating a fusion of rebellious energy and meticulous craftsmanship.

Eclectic Decks
Persian Marquetry
Wood
Width 7.5 cm

Eclectic Decks
Persian Marquetry
Wood
Width 7.5 cm

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Karina Sukar

Founded in 1996 in Beirut, Karina Sukar Interior Architecture and Design operates from her Beirut studio, offering turnkey interior architecture, product design, manufacturing and consulting services. Supported by a skilled team of designers and master craftsmen, the studio delivers high-end residential and commercial projects alongside bespoke furniture and accessories presented at her Gemmayzeh showroom.

This piece features multiple small mirrors disparately affixed on a large panel, offering onlookers a pixelated reflection of their surroundings in shifting hues and changing angles.

Karina Sukar
Pixel Mirror
Mirror glass tiles on a backing panel
H190 x W65 x D5 cm

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Maisa Shaldan

Maisa Shaldan, born in Riyadh in 1975, is a Saudi visual artist of Palestinian origin. In her artistic practice she explores identity, memory and material as a living archive. She works conceptually, using iron, palm fronds and natural pigments as metaphors for time and transformation.

She has an academic background in psychology and Islamic studies and holds a specialisation in art therapy. Shaldan has participated in local and international exhibitions, including UNESCO platforms. She received the Misk Art Grant in 2023 and participated in Tuwaiq Sculpture 2026.

Maisa Shaldan
Tapestry
Meten rug
130 x 190 cm

Maisa Shaldan
Tapestry
Meten rug
145 x 295 cm

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Maysaloun Faraj

Maysaloun Faraj’s bronze sculpture Maryam, edition of three plus two artist proofs from 2012, is inspired by the opening of Surat Maryam and the miracle letters Hurouf al Ijaz — كهيعص.

These sacred letters, mysterious and known only to God, rise from the base into the opening verses, first engraved in clay and transformed into bronze, symbolising the journey from fragility to permanence. The spiralling form echoes the paradox of these letters, both familiar and unreadable. Delicate yet commanding, the sculpture embodies silence and revelation, brokenness and wholeness, acting as both meditation and invocation, reflecting the spiritual power and lyrical elegance of the Qur’anic script.

Maysaloun Faraj
Maryam
Bronze
Height 240 cm

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Mona Trad Dabaji

Mona Trad Dabaji is a Lebanese painter and educator who graduated from the American University of Beirut during the civil war. Based in Beirut, she has taught painting since 1993 and exhibited internationally in Lebanon, France, Jordan, the United States and the UAE.

Her work explores Lebanese traditions and culture, often portraying women while incorporating reclaimed architectural elements to reflect memory, resilience and rebirth. In this body of work, she translates her painterly vision into sculpture, crafting bronze and marble figures inspired by her signature languid women. The pieces evoke sensuality, freedom and contemplation, often holding objects that reference rich Oriental traditions.

Mona Trad Dabaji
Liseuse
Bronze
28 x 26 x 27 cm

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Nada Debs

Nada brings a hands-on, human approach to design, combining ideas, skills and techniques gathered through her travels to create a unique cultural exchange. She is fascinated by the role of the human hand in telling stories and evoking belonging, viewing craft as a feeling that transcends geography, language and culture.

She believes design has the power to cross time and borders, touching us on a primal level as an expression of feeling as much as form and function.

Nada Debs
Mother of Pearl Armchair
Upholstered American walnut armchair with padded seat and back cushion, with mother-of-pearl stripes inlay
W75 x D75 x H75

 

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Nadine Kanso x Iwan Maktabi

All Eyes is a tribute to the region’s heritage and Arab culture, rooted in collective memory and identity. Inspired by the legend of the evil eye, Nadine Kanso hand-drew a bespoke eye as a symbol of protection, turning it into a signature of her brand, Bilarabi.

Embracing contrast, she merges antique motifs with contemporary aesthetics, bringing the old and new together in a bespoke carpet by Iwan Maktabi.

Nadine Kanso x Iwan Maktabi
All Eyes Kilim by Nadine Kanso x Iwan Maktabi
Wool/Hemp
200 cm x 300 cm

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Nadine Kanso x Iwan Maktabi
All Eyes Kilim by Nadine Kanso x Iwan Maktabi
Wool/Hemp
170 cm x 240 cm

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Neda Salmanpur

Neda Salmanpour (b. 1993, Iran) is an award-winning architect and product designer whose work bridges research, cultural expression and design innovation. With a focus on Middle Eastern design languages and mathematical patterns, she develops projects across scales unified by storytelling, material exploration and sensitivity to place.

She earned her Honours degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Sharjah, where her thesis gained international recognition. Today she leads her own practice, serves on the department’s Advisory Board and undertakes public commissions and gallery representation that shape her city’s cultural landscape.

In this piece, each metal form echoes the region’s historic forts, while the board, cast from UAE-sourced sand, grounds the game in its landscape. This fusion of materials embodies both strategy and heritage in a contemporary form.

Neda Salmanpur
Chess
Casted sand, metallic finish chessmen
L15 x W15 x H8 cm

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Samovar

Founded in the 1920s as a family carpet business, Samovar has evolved into a brand synonymous with luxury, quality and style. With showrooms in Dubai and Doha and a main base in Kuwait, it has collaborated with leading regional designers.

Tradition and timeless beauty are intertwined with modern flair and an elevated retail experience, presenting exclusive carpets by international designers alongside bespoke and one-of-a-kind collaborations.

Samovar
Fluid Heritage Collection
Pure New Zealand wool and bamboo silk (viscose)
2.30 m x 2.30 m

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Studio Majnoona

Studio Majnoona is a Beirut-based label that embodies a blend of vibrant artistry and sophisticated design. The name Majnoona originates from Arabic, from which the English word genie derives, reflecting the playful and bold nature of the designs meant to evoke uplifting emotions.

Combining traditional craftsmanship with modern methodologies, the studio creates elegant pieces that contrast past and present. Majnoona focuses on functional art that raises awareness of social and economic challenges in the region. Each handcrafted work expresses individuality, capturing Beirut’s duality of chaos and elegance, fragility and resilience.

Studio Majnoona
565,500 LBP
Stainless steel, aluminium, 500 LBP coin, 250 LBP coin
50 cm x 47 cm

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Super Loop

Super Loop is a contemporary design studio exploring the intersection of art, material innovation and craftsmanship. The studio creates sculptural yet functional objects that blur the boundaries between art and design.

With a focus on bold forms, experimental finishes and refined production techniques, Super Loop reimagines everyday objects as expressive design statements where creativity and craftsmanship exist in balance.

Super Loop
M04
German Beech Wood, Mother of Pearl, Mirror Glass
37W x 37D x 80H cm
50W x 27D x 160H cm
25W x 25D x 100H cm
28W x 28D x 65H cm

Super Loop
A01
Beech Wood, Blown Glass Rings
30W x 30D x 90H cm

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Karimah Hassan

Karimah Hassan is a British-Yemeni artist, writer and performer whose work fuses large-scale painting, spoken word and socially engaged storytelling. Trained in architecture at the Royal College of Art, she translates spatial awareness into canvases charged with colour, memory and ancestral lineage, exploring intimacy, belonging and visibility.

Her socially driven project Strangers Yearbook archives portraits and testimonies from diverse communities. Hassan collaborates with cultural and fashion institutions and expands her practice through Poemcast and her Empowering the Gremlins newsletter, offering reflections on creativity, resistance and cultural identity.

Karimah Hassan
Girl in the Striped Trousers, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
153 cm x 123 cm