16 Arabs Who Made Us Proud in Cannes Film Festival 2017

This year’s Cannes Film Festival is coming to an end and the Palme d’Or went to ‘The Square’. We decided take a moment to give our own set of Palmes d’Or prizes to some of the amazing people from our region that made us proud all throughout the 70th Cannes Film Festival.

 

 

Mohamed Diab

 

 

After the nomination of his movie ‘Eshtebak‘ last year, Mohamed Diab had the honor of coming back to the festival as a jury member for the Un Certain Regard category that is presided by Uma Thurman.

 

 

Saba Mubarak

 

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Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak was at the Cannes Film Festival, mainly as a producer.

 

 

Kaouther Ben Hania & Mariam El Feriani

 

 

Tunisian director and actress of ‘Beauty and The Dogs‘ were of course present for the movie’s nomination in the Un Certain Regard category.

 

 

Queen Rania

 

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The humanitarian activism of Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan was given recognition at Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief charity show. The event was part of the “Every Last Child” campaign in aid of Save the Children.

 

 

Elie Saab

 

@sonamkapoor lights up the red carpet in custom ELIE SAAB Haute Couture at the ‘The Killing Of A Sacred Deer’ screening during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival #Cannes2017

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As usual, Lebanese designer Elie Saab dressed some of the biggest celebrities in town for the festival.

 

 

Georges Hobeika

 

 

The 70th Cannes festival was no exception for Georges Hobeika’s designs either as the brand was worn by Victoria Secret model Cindy Bruna, Turkish actress Fahriye Evcen and many more.

 

 

Zuhair Murad

 

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We of course loved when Sarah Sampaio wore Zuhair at the festival’s opening carpet.

 

 

Raya Abirached

 

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Movie buff presenter Raya Abirached of MBC was of course rocking the French Riviera at this time of the year again.

 

 

Ola Farahat

 

Last nights red carpet #cannesfilmfestival premier for the movie “Happy End ” – Jewlery @apmmonaco #apmmonaco wearing dress @dolcegabbana

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Fashion is a big part of the Cannes Film Festival, hence the presence of some of the most influential influencers such as Ola Farahat.

 

 

Razane Jammal

 

 

Lebanese actress Razane Jammal made some beautiful appearances throughout the last week of the festival.

 

 

Youssef Shazli

 

 

Egyptian movie ‘In The Last Days of The City‘ won Best Film at the Critics Awards that was held during the festival by the Arab Cinema Center. It was received by one of its distributors, the one and only Youssef Shazli.

 

 

Okhtein

 

 

The successful Egyptian bag brand that has been spotted everywhere at the moment and seems to be Gigi Hadid’s favorite was of course spotted in Cannes.

 

 

Kojak

 

 

Booming Kojak Studio’s empire spread until South of France during the festival.

 

 

Jihan Alama

 

 

The Lebanese jewelry brand was also worn at the festival.

 

 

Lana El Sahely

 

Red carpet with @chopard, wearing @ralphandrusso, hair/makeup @diormakeup ⭐️? #Cannes70 #Chopard #LanaxChopard #RalphAndRusso

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Blogger Lana El Sahely walked both the carpet and the runway in Cannes this year on the iconic “marches du Palais des festivals” and at the Fashion for Relief event.

 

 

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