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Styled Archives: When MENA Celebs Wore Stiletto Heels

From red carpets to fashion week, these MENA icons proved stilettos never lose their power.

Raneem Maaly

Styled Archives: When MENA Celebs Wore Stiletto Heels

Stiletto heels have long been a shorthand for confidence in MENA celebrity style. Sharp, deliberate, and often paired with equally strong silhouettes, they’ve anchored some of the region’s most memorable red carpet and fashion moments. Whether styled with sequins, lace, or crisp tailoring, the stiletto consistently signaled intention and presence.

Across film festivals, award shows, and runway front rows, MENA stars leaned into the heel’s ability to elevate a look without excess. Sometimes minimal, sometimes ornate, the stiletto adapted to each era while keeping its authority intact. Traced chronologically, these moments show how one shoe style quietly carried decades of evolving glamour.

Nancy Ajram | World Music Awards, Monte Carlo (2008)

A silver sequined dress, soft curls, and open-toed silver stilettos that reflect the lights with every step.

Yousra Lozy | Marrakech International Film Festival, Marrakech (2009)

A black lace dress layered over voile, grounded by classic black open-toe stilettos that keep the look refined.

Nahed El Sebai | Cannes Film Festival, Cannes (2012)

Silver open-toe heels paired with a white dress cinched by a black belt, clean and sharply balanced.

Haifa Wehbe | Los Angeles (2012)

A short white dress styled with pale blue open-toe stilettos, fresh, sleek, and unmistakably confident.

Raya Abirached | London Fashion Week, London (2015)

A statement coat finished with criss-cross stiletto boots, blending editorial edge with runway polish.

Hend Sabry | Venice Film Festival, Venice (2019)

A black dress matched with black stiletto heels, understated and powerful on the closing ceremony red carpet.

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