Styled Archives: The MENA's Most Iconic Long Sleek Hair Looks to Date
The sleek long hair look is everything; it's fierce, it's girl-next-door, it's whatever you want it to be.

Trends are, as we are now all well aware, cyclical. The return of ancient relics like dramatic bootcut jeans, excessively dark lip liner and, more recently, the moustache necklaces that dominated the early 2010s only goes to show that what goes around comes around. One hair trend that has made its way through the fashion cycle many, many times, is the long sleek hair look. It goes like this: straightened hair, beach curls, bob, straightened hair, beach curls, bob - potentially repeating until the end of time. The mullet makes an occasional appearance every three cycles, maybe.
To celebrate the return of the sleek - sometimes fried - hair look, we’ve curated a list of iconic Arab celebrities sporting it across the years.
Nancy Ajram | ‘Betfakar Fi Eih’ Music Video 2013

Somaya ElKhashab | Casino du Liban 2009

Basma | Middle East International Film Festival 2008

Latifa | Cannes Film Festival 2017

Nadine Labaki | Venice Film Festival 2012

Sherihan | Fawazeer Ramadan 1989

Yasmin Abdelaziz | Photoshoot 2007-2008

Elissa Khoury | Paris Fashion Week 2013

Haifa Wehbe | Cannes Film Festival (Premiere for Oceans Thirteen) 2007

Mona Zaki | Venice International Film Festival 2009

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