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Project Runway’s Middle East Version to Be Aired Soon

Fashion Design

Summary: Middle East version of a popular American show Project Runway will be aire to feature 15 giant fashion designers of the Middle East region on September 17.

Project Runway is coming to our TV screens in its first Middle Eastern version, with the king of the red carpet Elie Saab heading the competition’s judging panel.

A total of 15 contestants will go head to head for 13 weeks, in hopes of impressing Elie and co-judge Tunisian model and actress Afef Jnifen and mentor, the Saudi fashion and design consultant Faris Al Shehri, and eventually winning a cash prize of $50,000 from Maybelline New York, a one-year contract for his/her own fashion house within the Dubai Design District (d3), a one-year membership to Dubai Design & Fashion Council and a cover feature on Harper’s Bazaar Arabia.

The battle will begin on September 17 and you can watch the fashion madness unfold on MBC 4 and MBC MASR 2 at 10pm UAE time.

 

Follow the story @ Albawaba (Arab TV)