Nour Hassan shares her journey from growing up in Saudi Arabia to building The Curation, a platform celebrating art, fashion, design, and culture across the Middle East and beyond.
• Born in Jeddah to an Egyptian family with Saudi roots, attending the British International School that shaped her worldview
• Credits her international school experience for teaching critical thinking and instilling values of unity, diversity, and acceptance
• Early creative passions included art, magazines, and creating collages that foreshadowed her future career
• Chose to attend university in Egypt rather than London to reconnect with her Egyptian heritage
• Studied architecture before switching to mass communication, with additional education at UCLA
• Founded "Radical Contemporary" in 2018 to highlight young regional creatives, later rebranding to "The Curation"
• Built a career as a stylist, creative director, producer, and writer featured in Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Vogue, and Forbes
• Values being niche rather than mass market: "I am for those who get it, for the intellectuals and the girls who want to be smart"
• Believes we're in "the era of curation" where personally selecting what defines you is essential
• Morning wellness habits include waking up early once weekly and delaying coffee intake
• Despite her social professional persona, values alone time for reading, thinking, and strategizing
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