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Rising Egyptian Star Yasmina El-Abd on Gen Z Female Empowerment in the Arab World and Reprising Her Role as Zeina in Netflix’s ‘Finding Ola’

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Rising Egyptian star Yasmina El-Abd, whose acting career has been on a roll since she was 12, stands as testimony to the fact that female empowerment is becoming a major theme in the Arab world’s film and TV output. Born in Switzerland to an Egyptian family, El-Abd took acting classes in London and landed her first acting job in the well-received short “The Shadow of Cairo” playing a 12-year-old named Maya who seeks vengeance for her mothers’ death by becoming a superhero of sorts who chases down sexual harassers in Cairo.
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Dua Lipa is reportedly set to launch an ice cream range
Dua Lipa is reportedly branching out into the ice cream business.No stranger to business endeavours outside of the music industry, Lipa previously launched her “global style, arts and culture newsletter” Service95 in 2022, alongside a podcast series Dua Lipa: At Your Service that’s seen her interview the likes of Troye Sivan, Billie Eilish and even Apple CEO Tim Cook.Now, Lipa is expanding her business empire further and preparing to launch her own range of ice cream desserts, according to a report by The Mirror.The newspaper claims that the ‘Houdini’ singer has recently applied for a licence to protect her name as a brand for marketing a range of frozen desserts, and is now waiting for approval from the government’s Intellectual Property Office.The application covers the sale of “non-dairy ice cream, ice cream cones, dairy ice cream, ice cream desserts, ice cream cakes and ice cream drinks”, along with milkshakes and yoghurts.It’s not yet clear when/if the line will launch.In other news, Lipa recently released tickets for a second Wembley Stadium show after “incredible demand” saw her first show, announced shortly after her Glastonbury headline performance, sell out in just five minutes.She’ll play at the iconic London venue on June 20 and 21 2025.
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