Meet @samahsulyman , a creative redefining fashion through the lens of culture and modernity. ✨
Her designs turn fabric into stories of elegance and self-expression. 🧵🪡
Inspired Here celebrates voices like Samah, whose work reflects the spirit and innovation found in Qatar 🇶🇦
What does creating look like when your day moves between teaching, making, and researching in Doha? 🎨
Fashion designer @samahsulyman takes us through a day shaped by creative environments - from working with students and building ideas behind the scenes, to sourcing fabrics, sketching new collections, and resetting her creative flow around the city.
Spend a day in the life of a Golden Needle Award winner ✨
📍 VCU Arts Qatar
📍 Water With Water
📍 City Souq
📍 M7
I first came across Samah Sulyman’s (@samahsulyman ) designs at a commercial shoot for the telecommunications company, Ooredoo Qatar. Set in a futuristic world, its fashion had to push the boundaries–and it did. I was blown away by one coat with elegant folds of patchwork, mesmerising 3D elements dangling from the seams. It was dramatic and sharp in structure. Unmistakably couture, yet grounded in reality through its fabric.
Later, I discovered the piece was from designer Samah Sulyman’s collection Jeu de Denim. Sulyman is a designer of Palestinian-Lebanese heritage, currently based in the Qatari capital of Doha.
Sitting across from her in a coffee shop she frequents, listening to her reminisce, she is incredibly humble and genuine. Sulyman explains where her love of fashion and design originated. She recalls her older sister coming home with sheets of croquis and being completely fascinated by them. “She was more exposed to drawings and stuff like that so her coming back home with croquis when I was in the fifth grade, made me question ‘What is that? This is interesting.’ I started exploring fashion since that age and I fell in love with it.”
Read the full interview at the link in our bio.
Words by @isabelseesarun
Edited by @penelope.bianchi
Images by @vemodalenmedia
Introducing to the Doha Fashion Show stage:
@samahsulyman ✨
Samah Sulyman, will be making her debut to the Doha Fashion Show stage on 19 January 2026. Such a visionary she is, and a fashion designer passionate about rethinking traditional materials, all while pushing the boundaries of modern design.
With a focus on sustainability & craftsmanship, Samah curates collections that makes denim look like an art piece. Her attention to detail invites audiences to experience fashion in a bold and fresh new way.
Samah’s dedication to excellence and originality earned her the prestigious Golden Needle award from Virginia Commonwealth University-Qatar @vcuqfashion , recognizing her as one of the most promising emerging designers in the MENA region.
Keep your eyes on @samahsulyman as she debuts pieces from her upcoming Men’s collection, all from the Doha Fashion Show runway.✨
Doha Fashion Show Season IV
19-21 JANUARY 2026
cd: @tiphaninicole
📸: @vemodalenmedia
Models: @kenyadorsey_ x @yuung.baddie
Don’t follow trends, create it!
She is bold
Brave and be ready to change world for better!
Samah Sulyman @samahsulyman
Speaking about Gen Z, AI and future of Fashion
Samah calling her collection “ Denim Couture”
As it’s all handmade art object with very strong message to the world…
VCU @vcuqatar Fashion class Graduate 2025
Golden Needle award winner
And one of 8 kids in her family!
Currently her collection exhibit at M7 @m7.qatar
Mohammed Benchellal @benchellal
During his speech at the graduation fashion show at VCU said “ Future of fashion in safe hands”!
Watch full episode at my YouTube channel
By following the link below
https://youtu.be/kUKZdd_rrcU?si=Y2bI_zSR4hjGnzL2
Or the one in BIO
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Golden Needle Winner: Samah Sulyman
Samah Sulyman, a Palestinian-Lebanese fashion designer based in Qatar, has been awarded the prestigious Golden Needle at VCUQ.
Jeu de Denim is a six-look collection that reinterprets denim through the refined strategy of chess. Drawing a parallel between fashion and the chessboard, Samah’s work explores how each piece, move, and stitch represents a deliberate act of storytelling, emotion, and transformation.
We invite you to explore the collection now exhibited on the ground floor of M7.
سماح سليمان، مصممة أزياء فلسطينية-لبنانية مقيمة في قطر، حازت على جائزة الإبرة الذهبية المرموقة من جامعة فرجينيا كومنولث في قطر.
"جو دو دينيم" هي مجموعة من ستة إطلالات تُعيد تفسير الدنيم من خلال استراتيجية الشطرنج الراقية. بموازاة الموضة ولوحة الشطرنج، تستكشف سماح في عملها كيف تُمثل كل قطعة وحركة وغرزة فعلًا متعمدًا من سرد القصص والعاطفة
ندعوكم لاستكشاف المجموعة المعروضة الآن في الطابق الأرضي من M7.
الحمد الله 🤍
Beyond grateful and honored.
Having the opportunity to show her highness @mozabintnasser my work at the MFA/BFA end of the year exhibition @m7.qatar .
Being the golden needle winner for my senior collection.
Receiving the prize from @benchellal and my professor @yallafede .
Representing @vcuqatar as the ambassador of class 2025.
Being featured in @qatarfoundation 30th Anniversary video.
This is just the beginning….
الحمد الله الحمد الله الحمد الله 🤍
