TheMENAEdit: co-produced by Creative Dialogues x Design Point x Creative Districts, bringing together creatives from Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia and Qatar for the region's first structured cross-border design collaborative exhibition. The collective will present its work during Cairo Design Week, 19–28 November 2026.

Creative Dialogues, the MENA region's leading multidisciplinary creative platform powered by YVT Consultancy, has announced TheMENAEdit: a cross-border design collective co-produced with Cairo-based studio Design Point and Creative Districts, the company behind Cairo Design Week. The programme culminates in a group exhibition at Cairo Design Week's fourth edition this November.

TheMENAEdit is the first initiative of its kind in the region: a structured co-creation programme that pairs seven cross-border groups, each pairing three creatives from the Gulf, Levant, and North Africa with an Egyptian counterpart leading the project on ground to develop an original limited-edition design object rooted in shared heritage, diverse perspectives, and collective experience.

The resulting works are not individual contributions brought together under a common theme; they are collective creations shaped through ongoing dialogue and collaboration. At Cairo Design Week, the creative process behind each piece will be exhibited alongside the finished work, reflecting Creative Dialogues' belief that the act of making is as meaningful as the final outcome.

The Creatives

Confirmed participants span Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Tunisia, Iraq and Qatar, representing disciplines from architecture to conceptual art, interior design to urban practice, and more. The participants working collectively as multidisciplinary creatives prove that the diversity of this collaboration is the future of design and a pathway for creatives in this region.

•       Sara Dhafer Alahbabi (UAE): Conceptual Artist & Educator

•       Gaida Almogren (KSA): Independent Curator & Interior Architect

•       Cherif Morsi (Egypt): Architect & Multidisciplinary Designer

•       Nawaf Al Nassar (KSA): Interior Designer

•       Laith Khalifa Al Shiyadi (Oman): Urban Practitioner & Artist

•       Alia & Tamara Tanani (Egypt): Co Founders of Don Tanani

•       HRH Princess Noura bint Saud Al Saud (KSA): Founder and CEO of Rukun & AlMashtal

•       Nohma Kaaki (Lebanon): Architect, Urbanist & Artist

•       Mohammed Said (Egypt): Founder & Design Director of Ebony & Ivory

•       Alia AlShamsi (UAE): Author, Curator & Multidisciplinary Artist

•       Nermin Habib (Bahrain): Multidisciplinary Artist, Ceramic Artist & Designer

•       Yasmine El Meleegy (Egypt): Multidisciplinary Artist & Sculptor

•       Rand Alkishtaini (Iraq): Multidisciplinary Designer & Interior Stylist

•       Mashhoor Khaled Al Nassar (KSA): Interior Designer & Founder of Thak AlBait

•       Malak Ahmed Helmy (Egypt): Architect, Researcher & Spatial Practitioner

•       Sara Al Nafisi (Kuwait): Designer, Creative & Culture Consultant

•       Ghalia Abdul Jawad (KSA): Multidisciplinary Artist & Textile Designer

•       Alia Mortada (Egypt): Architect & Founder of buro doqi

•       Ghalia Benali (Tunisia): Singer, Composer & Multidisciplinary Artist

•       Abdulrahman Al Muftah (Qatar): Interdisciplinary Artist, Entrepreneur, and Designer

•       Ramzi Makram-Ebeid (Egypt): Designer, Curator & Founder of Human Nature Design