Vogue Arabia gets new editor

Muscat: Manuel Arnaut of GQ magazine fame will replace Her Highness Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz as editor in chief of Vogue Arabia, it has been reported.
Saudi Princess HH Deena was named the editor of Vogue Arabia, a Conde Nast publication in July last year, and has published two editions of the magazine since then. However it was recently announced that she would be replaced by the Portuguese Arnaut, who is based in Dubai.
HH Deena was in Muscat two weeks ago for Conde Nast’s ‘Mindful Luxury’ conference where she gave a brief talk on Vogue Arabia and also shared a panel with Omani fashion designer Amal Al Raisi and Suzy Menkes, International Vogue Editor.
The news comes immediately after a grand event celebrating the launch of the latest international edition of Vogue at the Museum of Islamic Art and Place Vendôme Qatar.
HH Deena was joined by Suzy Menkes, Jonathan Newhouse, Chairman and CEO of Conde Nast International and other influential people from Vogue International.
However, only days later, reports of her having resigned from her position at Vogue Arabia started circulating on social media.
In a statement issued by HH Deena, she said, "I am delighted, as Vogue Arabia's first Editor-in-Chief, to have brought a voice to women's fashion in the Arab World. I am honoured to have enabled the Vogue brand to firmly and uniquely establish itself in a way that allows a fashion magazine in the Arab World to fuse traditional values with aspirational fashion.
"I am proud of what I have been able to accomplish in such a short space of time, working alongside some of fashion's greatest talent, including the region's most influential and creative women. It had initially been my intention to build this important and groundbreaking edition of Vogue from inception to a mature magazine in line with others in the Vogue stable. Having launched Vogue Arabia with such distinction, I have a clear vision for what fashion means to today's woman.
"I stand behind my values and vision for Vogue Arabia and I refused to compromise when I felt the publisher’s approach conflicted with the values which underpin our readers and the role of the Editor-in-Chief in meeting those values in a truly authentic way."