When MENA Celebs Styled Curtain Bangs

Curtain bangs didn’t arrive in the MENA region by way of TikTok; they’ve been quietly shaping faces here for decades. You see it as early as 2002 with Ahlam at the Dubai Shopping Festival, her blonde-streaked fringe softening a button-down dress; or Mona Zaki in Beirut that same year, where her bangs gave a relaxed ease to a polished lace-and-charms look. By Cannes 2007, Haifa Wehbe’s dark curtain bangs were anchoring full red-carpet glamour, and a year later Nicole Saba was pairing hers with a tiger-print corset and silk robe on a music-video set because, frankly, who else could?

Even as beauty codes shifted, the fringe stayed adaptable. Elissa wore hers loose and unfussy at Paris Fashion Week in 2011, while Dorra Zarrouk pulled hers forward from a sleek updo at Cannes 2021, proving the style still holds its own under modern spotlights. Across stages, premieres, sets, and runways, curtain bangs have never been a trend chase - they’ve been a quiet through-line, framing faces in ways that let personality lead.