A successful architect and interior designer, shining a spotlight on the region’s emerging artistic talent.

CV: A successful architect and interior designer, Ghada also owns and manages the Vindemia antiques gallery, and shines a spotlight on the region’s emerging artistic talent through Fann À Porter, the contemporary art gallery she founded in Dubai in 2009.

Where it began: “Antiques and art were always a passion and a hobby – I’ve collected ever since I can remember; my great grandmother’s silver seal, her sewing machine, her sugar caddy…

“I lived in a big family in Jordan, so I was surrounded by tradition and culture in a country that is practically an open museum from north to south.”

Big moment: “The charity art auction Artists for the Kids of Syria that Fann À Porter organized. The event was beautiful… we sold 37 paintings and raised Dhs487,000 that went through the Emirati Red Crescent to Syrian children in refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon.”

Photographed by: Farooq Salik  | Assisted by: Kristina Nabieva