Sofia Guellaty

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Sofia Guellaty
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NationalityTunisian
CitizenshipTunisia
Occupation
  • Author
  • editor
  • creative director

Sofia Guellaty is a Tunisian author[1], editor and creative director. She is known for launching Style.com/Arabia which later became Vogue Arabia, the first Condé Nast|Conde Nast property in the Arab world as Editor in Chief.

She is also the founder and creative director of MILLE World a creative agency and platform dedicated to Arab Youth.

After studying art at La Sorbonne and communication at Celsa in Paris she published her first book Le Sablier[2] at age nineteen inspired by existentialism ad the universe of Egyptian writer Albert Cossery published by Gallimard and Joelle Losfeld.

After a stint at Ce Soir ou Jamais a cultural TV show on France 3, she became a columnist for Vanity Fair France[3].

Guellaty comes from a political family in Tunisia with both great grandparents being Hassen Guellaty and Bechir Sfar. In 2018 she started her own media tackling inclusion, Arab representation and Arab culture dubbed a "Revolutionary Women's Media" by The Guardian[4] and "Giving a Voice to Young Fashion Designers in Arab Nations[5]" by Vogue Magazine.

With MILLE, she signed as creative director major campaigns for Gucci, Burberry, and Cartier.

She is also a board member of Fashion Trust Arabia[6] a grant for up and coming designers based out of the Arab world and MDL Beast[7] a music festival based out of Riyadh.

She lives between Tunis, Dubai, and Riyadh.

References

  1. "Sofia Guellaty" (in français).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Sofia Guellaty". Evene.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. Nast, Condé. "Sofia Guellaty". Vanity Fair (in français). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  4. "From glossies to gal-dem: the websites revolutionising women's media". the Guardian. 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  5. Nast, Condé (2018-06-12). "This New Online Platform Is Giving a Voice to Young Fashion Designers in Arab Nations". Vogue. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  6. "SOFIA GUELLATY". Fashion Trust Arabia. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  7. "Viewpoint: Sofia Guellaty on why Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most creative new markets". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

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