Betty Bee (@bettybeehair)

@gqmiddleeast @elyanna ⁠ ⁠ “My home is Los Angeles right now, but of course, home forever and always is Palestine.”⁠ ⁠ From a young girl performing in her mother’s heels in Nazareth to pop icon gracing the international stages, these questions have always been met by Palestinian-Chilean popstar @elyanna, our eighth MOTY recipient.⁠ ⁠ Redefining pop in more ways than one, her songs are sung in Arabic, yet also inspired by Chilean sounds and cadence – which speaks to Elyanna’s vibrant background, as well as her position in the diaspora. “I don’t want to do something I’ve seen out there; I want to do something that just relates to everyone,” Elyanna explains in her second ever cover for GQ Middle East. “That, I think, is the power of music and art, and it’s very important for me to use it correctly.”⁠ ⁠ Cut from the same creative cloth, Lebanese photographer Myriam Boulos ( @myriamboulos) channels a similar instinctive curiosity throughout her work, which can be seen here as she captures Elyanna. On our website, the duo exchange in conversation about craft, resilience, and womanhood, with words by Sarra Alayyan ( @sarraalayyan).⁠ ⁠ Editor-in-Chief: @ahmadaswaid⁠ Photography: @myriamboulos⁠ Multimedia Director: @edmund.jay⁠ Senior Fashion Editor: @keanoushdarosa⁠ Editor-at-Large: @samiralarouci⁠ Digital Editor: @meeranmekkaoui⁠ Contributing Editor: @leenalsaadi⁠ Styling: @babylon.doll⁠ Grooming: @bettybeehair⁠ Make up artist: @manulosadagomez⁠ Fashion Assistants: anchthawani // @marligger⁠ Producer: @xi_ximena @thecreativclub⁠ Using @aveda @avedamiddleeast and @ghdhair @ghdhair_arabia with thanks to @z7comm #bettybeehair #dubaihair ⁠

Vogue cover story @vogueportugal Editor and chief @sofia.slucas Cover art director @jsantanagq Creative direction @yehiabedier @riabrahao Photography @riabrahao @mmgartists Stylist @styledbyzane_ Hair by me #bettybeehair Makeup @tanialwan Set design @yehiabedier Model @akurchol_ @artfactory.studio Production @mahmoud.mar3i @graphitestudio.ae Retouch @vwretouch Photographer assistants @iamjaypotskie @kingskyphoto Styling assistants @kasejo971 Set design assistants @elm4ghraby @abdallah3ashour @korolko_a

Cover story @asoothesizzler @elle_arabia @messika Publisher and editor @valiataha Photography and creative direction @esrasam Production @farahabdin Styling @seherkhanp Makeup @mabys_art Hair by me #bettybeehair Using @authenticbeautyconcept.gcc @keunehaircosmetics @keune.dubai @bickibossstudio #dubaihairstylist #dubai #dubaihair

Shot on analog Photography @allisonsam Makeup @kasia.domanska.makeup Hair @bettybeehair Muse @heetico_co Lighting @george_tsikos Hair assistant @byelhamajouz Production @ardacreative Studio @hotcoldrental Wig cut by @kasho.me styled with @ghdhair Products used @colorwowhair @got2b #bettybeehair #dubaihairstylist #wigstylist #editorialshoot #hairtrends2024

For @numero_netherlands model ALEK DENG @alek_deng_am @jeel_mgmt @imgmodels
 creative direction BRUNO UNIKOWSKY @bruno.unikowsky and DANIEL NEGRON @mrstapel Photo @bruno.unikowsky styling DANIEL NEGRON @mrstapel
 Makeup MABS @mabys_art
 hair BETTY BEE @bettybeehair
 executive producer IGNACIO OCAMPO @igna_oc
 retouch ROBSON LIMA @robsonlima93
 art direct CHRISTOPHER McCRORY @xopherxopher Using @authenticbeautyconcept.gcc @dyson_arabia #bettybeehair #dubaihairstylist #dubaihair

@cartier X @thisisyungmea Founder and Editor-in-Chief: @sandrayeghiazarian Creative Director: @saifhid Photography: @fouadtadros Styling: @amyarmitagestylist YUNG Producer: @bylanashash Makeup: @maurodhernanmakeup Hair: @bettybeehair Set Design: @yehiabedier Nail Tech: @nazila__nail Photography Assistant: @ardor.v Set Design Assistant: @nasar__nachi Styling Assistant: @rejielumaghan YUNG Creative Project Manager: @omaiajallad YUNG Editorial Assistant: @maya_______l Co-Producer: @igna_oc Using @dyson_arabia @dysonhairpro Prepping with @avedamiddleeast Phomollient Styling Foam, Heat Relief and volumizing tonic @aveda @avedaartists #bettybeehair #dubaihairstylist #londonhairstylist

@numero_netherlands With @rose_bertram Photographer @bruno.unikowsky Styling @vasilbozhilov Makeup @mabys_art Hair @bettybeehair Styling assistant @symaahmedstylist Retouch @robsonlima93 Executive production @itsludz #dubaiwigstylist #bettybeehair #dubaihairstylist

Dior x Elle @dior with @elle_arabia Publisher and group editor @valiataha Photographer @shootmeamer Stylist and creative direction @danielapaudice Production and shoot coordinator @ahd_sakr Makeup @emilyclaytonmakeup Hair @bettybeehair Using @keune.dubaiuae @ghdhair_arabia Model @fashion_league_uae At @fashion_league_uae #bettybeehair #dubaihairstylist

@apmmonaco x @elle_arabia Publisher & Group Editor: Valia Taha @valiataha Photographer @shootmeamer Stylist/Creative Direction: Polina Shabelnikova @shabelnikova Production Manager: Farah Abdin @farahabdin Makeup: Jean Kairouz @le.kairouz Hair: Betty Bee @bettybeehair Photographer Assistant: Yasir Ali Shah @yasir__ali__shah Model: @five25models Location Bicki Boss Studio @bickibossstudio Outfit: @saynomore_dubai @jimmychoo @semsem #bettybeehair #afrostyling #dubaihair

Probably needed a hug, booked in with Jamie instead @forgot_my_medication @unikhair.studio

The shoot and results for @numero_netherlands Photography @bruno.unikowsky Stylist and creative director @mrstapel Production @igna_oc Makeup @mabys_art Hair @bettybeehair Model @alek_deng_am @jeel_mgmt Wig dyed with @evohair cut with @kasho_me dried with @dyson_arabia styled with @authenticbeautyconcept.gcc #pov #dubaihairstylist #bettybeehair #editorialprocess #editorialshoot #dubaiwig #dubaihair

Piaget x Vogue Muse @azzaslimene On set with @mannbutte Styling @aleksandra.nyc Makeup @ildanakhalitova Hair @bettybeehair @piaget @voguearabia Using @dyson_arabia @dysonhairpro @authenticbeautyconcept.gcc #behindthescenes #vogueshoot #dubaihairstylist #bettybeehair #dubaihair