She founded one of the first publications for the Arab fashion world at 24, edited Condé Nast's Middle East launch, wrote a novel for Gallimard, and is raising a son while ghost-following every Bachelor contestant. Sofia Guellaty is a lot. ✨

In the early 2000s, Dubai's contemporary art scene was not a given. It was a possibility waiting for a catalyst. Sunny Rahbar became that catalyst. She built audience before she built sales. She hosted film screenings and talks and club nights before she went to Frieze. She defended artists who had no gallery representation and watched them grow into artists shown in every significant Western institution. An Arabic name on a Western gallery's roster is no longer unusual. She is one of the reasons why.