French Algerian singer Lolo Zouai drops new single 

French Algerian singer Lolo Zouai drops new single 

DUBAI: Dutch Moroccan Egyptian model Imaan Hammam took to social media to promote artists from the MENA region with her 1.6 million Instagram followers in her latest bid to market Middle Eastern creativity online.  

The runway star — who is a fashion week staple and is currently the brand ambassador of cosmetics giant Estée Lauder — is known for dropping personally curated playlists of regional music for her social media fans, and she has now gone a step further by promoting regional artists.  

“Long, hot summer” the model captioned a carousel of paintings centered on the theme.  

She shared images of late Egyptian artist Hussein Bicar’s “Arouss Al-Nubia” (Nubian Bride) (1992), London-based Pippa El-Kadhi Brown’s “There’s a Whole World out There, in Here” (2022), Anuar Khalifi’s “Ghurba” (2020), as well as work by Sudanese artist Amani Azhari and Finnish Tunisian artist Dora Dalila Cheffi.  

Besides art, Hammam is a longtime music aficionado and often posts song recommendations on her Instagram Stories and boasts a dedicated “music” highlight on the social media platform — a permanent fixture for her followers. She even curated a playlist for Berlin-based record label Habibi Funk.  

The nearly three-hour-long playlist, which is available on Spotify, features a