Can you believe Emirates Woman turns 35 this month – yes, we know we look young, thanks.

Launching in 1981, Emirates Woman was the first glossy women’s magazine in the UAE. Targeting the smart, stylish and sophisticated women in the emirates, the magazine has long been the best friend every woman needs and continues to be the go-to source for everything a modern woman needs.

Offering a topical combination of style, substance, fashion, beauty, culture, entertainment and current affairs, Emirates Woman is essential reading for every woman in the Middle East.

Scroll through our gallery and see how the magazine has changed through the years. Share your thoughts on your favourites in the comments below.

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Nope this isn't from the Victorian ages, this mag dates back to 1983

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A Cleopatra-inspired cover in 1986

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Hello sailor. This 1988 cover is a far cry from the more glamorous covers we see today

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Covering Princess Diana's royal tour during her Middle East visit in 1989. The mag also went from Dhs5 to Dhs10

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Honouring the troops. This 1991 cover is the first and only to feature a man

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1991

The first major milestone. Emirates Woman turns 10!

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Cindy Crawford is the first celebrity to grace the cover in 1994

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In 2000 the magazine was getting bigger with more features and shoots

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2002

Celebrating 21 years in 2002

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2004

The signature Emirates Woman red is created in 2004

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2005

Back to the celebrity cover stars with Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai

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Queen Bey makes her first cover appearance for us in 2006

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Back when Brad and Jen were a couple in 2006

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SJP makes her first of many covers for Emirates Woman in 2006

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2008

This 2008 cover with Katie Holmes was one of the most successful at the time

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Lady Gaga was tearing it up in the charts and was the perfect cover star in 2010

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Kiera Knightley is the star of this 2010 cover

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SJP again, but this time as the cover star for the 30th birthday collector's issue in 2011

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This 2011 December cover was hugely popular, no doubt thanks to Twilight actress Kristen Stewart

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50 years on... celebrating Marilyn Monroe with this very special icons issue in 2012

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Much to our surprise this Rose Byrne cover was one of our biggest selling in 2012

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As well as SJP, Gisele is another of our most popular and regular cover stars. She was the perfect model for this 2012 fashion issue

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This has to be one of our best December covers thanks to Beyonce who approved and loved the cover and story in 2012

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We flew to Spain and back again in less than 24 hours to get the exclusive interview with Gwyneth Paltrow for this 2013 cover

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Fashion meets art in the Cara Delevingne cover in 2013. The cover celebrates Art Dubai

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So popular was Emirates Woman that in December 2013 we released two mags one starring Scarlett Johansson...

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... the other was our first ever illustrated cover

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In 2014 the demand for the mag was even bigger, which led us to release two April issues each starring actress-of-the-moment Lily Collins

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Lilly was the star of both of our April issues

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Celebrating women in the region, 12 of the UAE's tastemakers became our cover stars in May 2014

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How do we celebrate Alber Elbaz when he is in Dubai? We get him to illustrate our cover in 2015

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2016

We flew model and socialite Bianca to the UAE for this amazing cover with Cartier in January 2016

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Another exclusive collaboration, this time with Mario Testino providing this amazing cover of Kate Moss in March 2016

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For our May 2016 cover we flew in model-of-the-moment Shanina Shaik, who couldn't have been more adorable

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A pregnant Janet Jackson (we don't know she was pregnant when we shot her) was our next guest in Dubai for the June 2016 issue

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Who better to be the cover star of our 35th anniversary issue but HRH Princess Haya who also took time out of her schedule for our exclusive interview