Publisher
Tony Salamé Group TSG SAL
Editor-in-chief Marwan Naaman
Creative director Malak Beydoun
Editors
Associate editor MacKenzie Lewis Assistant editor Celine Omeira Contributing editors May Farah, Julie Ann Getzlaff, Leslie Jirsa, Serena Makofsky, Warren Singh-Bartlett Canada editor Melanie Reffes France editor Brent Gregston Italy editor Renata Fontanelli UK editor Grace Banks US editor Robert Landon Beauty editor Charlotte Colquhoun
Art directors
Art and production director Maria Maalouf Guest art director Raya Farhat Junior art director Charline Brechotte
Writers
Salma Abdelnour, Stephanie Epiro, Elgy Gillespie, Gail Goldberg, Sophy Grimshaw, Tala Habbal, Anthony Klatt Marie Le Fort, Sabina Llewellyn-Davies, Rose Mark, Shirine Saad, Katherine Siciliano Grigelis Rich Thornton, Dorothy Weiner, J. Michael Welton, Marianne Wisenthal
Photographers
Fashion photographers Marco Pietracupa, Joe Kesrouani, Bachar Srour Contributing photographers Catherine Barry, Paul Clemence, Mark Downey, Tony Elieh, Nabil Ismail Ieva Saudargaite, George Sokhn
Stylists
Joy Kaddoura, Amelianna Loiacono, Jessy Moussallem
Illustrator Mélanie Dagher
Tala Habbal A magazine’s former junior editor Tala Habbal was born in the United States but spent the latter part of her life in Lebanon. She studied fashion at New York’s Parsons the New School for Design, worked as a buyer for ABC in Beirut and earned a post-graduate degree at London College of Fashion. She’s currently traveling the world and developing her freelance writing career.
Bachar Srour Beirut-based photographer Bachar Srour is a plastic arts graduate from the Lebanese University of Fine Arts. After graduation, he shifted into the photography field, eventually focusing on fashion spreads for numerous designers and magazines. His personal and professional works have been exhibited online and featured in print publications.
Catherine Barry Catherine Barry is a California-based photographer and designer who’s worked in photography and publishing since the ‘80s, when she started out her career in aerial and editorial photography. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, she worked in London and Sydney before moving to San Francisco, where she contributes to the world of travel guides and publications.
Elgy Gillespie Elgy Gillespie is originally from London and Dublin, but now lives on top of Bernal Heights in San Francisco’s Mission. She teaches at City College in San Francisco, and her students come from all over the world. In her free time, she hikes around the hilly city or in the many wildernesses of Northern California, reviews movies for a local website and writes diaries for her old newspaper in Dublin, Ireland.
Fadi Maalouf A magazine’s senior photo producer Fadi Maalouf has been with the publication since 2004. In this capacity, he’s responsible for the enticing, spectacular colors you see throughout this magazine and the flawless beauty of the male and female models. His duties include color correction and photo retouching. He also handles production at the time of printing.
Rich Thornton A British writer living in Beirut, Rich Thornton writes plays, music and sometimes things he shouldn’t. After trying out the professions of accountancy, advertising, publishing, drama teaching and table waiting, he’s found that writing is the only thing flexible enough to bend around his everchanging ideas and desire to learn as much as he can about everything. He also very much enjoys writing in the third person.
Advertising
Melhem Moussallem, Karine Abou Arraj, Stephanie Missirian
Production and printing
Senior photo producer Fadi Maalouf Printing Dots: The Art of Printing
Responsible director Nasser Bitar
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