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Wracking my brains, looking back over the last 12 months, certainly a lot has happened, but when you try to pinpoint key moments it all becomes one huge blur. I suppose it\u2019s partly down to the world we live in now. Constant connection. Constant hustle. Constant looking to the next. I don\u2019t know about you, but I more often than not forget to really live in the moment and, as clich\u00e9d as it sounds, stop to smell the roses.<\/p>\n
So, while among the pages of this issue we explore horizons far and wide across different cultures and landscapes, encouraging new beginnings and to embrace the adventure, it\u2019s not lost on me that we also need to find beauty in the journey and take a moment to reflect.<\/p>\n
This is exactly what Emirati researcher Maryam Almarri teaches us in an exclusive photo diary for GRAZIA under her \u2018Goodbye Old Jumeirah\u2019 project on page 14. It\u2019s a growing Instagram account you may have come across, documenting the old sites of Jumeirah as an ode to what once was. As she explains, \u201cThe photos I take are to be beautifully preserved in time\u2026 It is important to enjoy the beauty of Old Jumeirah as it is now.\u201d A true homage.<\/p>\n
Speaking of an homage, Cartier closes out a spectacular centennial year for its iconic Trinity collection. Saying farewell to a high-flying year of celebration, Pierre Rainero, the Maison\u2019s Image, Style and Heritage Director, reflects on a century of an iconic emblem and a collection symbolic of eternal beauty on page 28. \u201cThis is a very modern idea that defines Cartier\u2026 and the 100 years [of the Trinity] show the enduring strength of a design,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
For GRAZIA\u2019s 12th edition, Kuwaiti-Palestinian star Rawan Bin Hussain graces the cover. Over the past decade, she\u2019s had a meteoric rise to fame, from a simple blog to over seven million social-media followers. It\u2019s been quite a journey for Rawan, which she admits in our raw and unfiltered sit-down with her on page 202, but the crux of it all, in a time of filters and edits, is that she continues to encourage an age of authenticity. \u201cWe have to be real,\u201d she quips in our chat, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t believe in a picture-perfect life.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, GRAZIA also travels far and wide this issue, particularly in the form of scent, where Beauty Editor Frankie Jabarkhyl takes us on a journey around the world in fragrance on page 96. The team\u2019s storytelling also takes us to different parts of the world, from Sicily to India to Saudi Arabia to New York and more, bringing many different landscapes and cultures together, capturing the beauty in the fleeting conversations, strangers you meet along the way, navigating some known and some uncharted territories.<\/p>\n But, as we bid 2024 a farewell \u2013 or bon voyage, if you will \u2013 it is a stark reminder to savour every step of the journey and be present.<\/p>\n Take some time to stop and smell the roses, you\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/12\/GZA_COVER_RAWAN_05_0059_13441476-2-733x1024.jpg\")