Styled Archives: When MENA Celebrities Embraced the Low-Waist Craze
From Elissa in Dubai to Ruby in Muscat, the 2000s had MENA stars living in low-rise jeans. Sequins, belts, and bold prints turned every concert, set and screening into a style snapshot of the era.
The early 2000s gave us flip phones, frosted makeup and a denim trend that sat somewhere south of your belly button: the low-rise. Elissa worked hers with animal print in Dubai, Nancy Ajram with sequins on a Syrian stage, and Haifa Wehbe with boots and blue shimmer in Cairo.
In film and TV, Ghada Adel, Ola Ghanem and Nelly Karim slipped it into everyday looks, while Ruby took it global in a green halter at Muscat and Yousra closed the decade declaring she was “ahead of the times” in Marrakech. Paired with chunky belts, loud prints and stage sparkle, these moments stand as perfectly preserved postcards from an era that never believed in keeping things subtle.
Elissa | Dubai Concert (2001)
Nancy Ajram | Lattakia Beach Ball Tournament, Syria (2004)
Haifa Wehbe | Hurrieti Magazine Awards, Cairo (2004)
Ghada Adel & Hamada Helal | Eial Habbiba Screening, Cairo (2005)
Ola Ghanem | Abdu Mawasem Set, Cairo (2006)
Nelly Karim | Akher Aldonya Set, Alexandria (2006)
Ruby | Muscat Festival (2006)
Yousra | Marrakech Film Festival (2010)
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