Vogue Arabia names new editor-in-chief

A new editor-in-chief has been appointed at Vogue Arabia after Deena Abdulaziz's abrupt departure earlier this week.

Manuel Arnaut has been appointed editor-in-chief of Vogue Arabia. Courtesy Nervora

DUBAI // Manuel Arnaut has been appointed editor-in-chief of Vogue Arabia, after Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz left the role this week.

Arnaut joins from Architectural Digest Middle East, where he oversaw the launch of the magazine in 2015 as editor-in-chief.

After beginning his career at Vogue Portugal, Arnaut held the position of editor at G Q Portugal, as well as having his work published in Vogue and G Q Brazil.

Arnaut will take over direction of Vogue Arabia’s multinational and multilingual editorial team.

“After starting my professional life at Vogue, and having grown up devouring each page of its international editions, I’m deeply honoured to have the opportunity to come home, at the helm of Vogue Arabia,” said Arnaut.

Abdulaziz was quoted as saying she “refused to compromise” when she felt “the publisher’s approach conflicted with the values which underpin our readers and the role of the editor-in-chief in meeting those values in a truly authentic way”.