ESPACE FANN - Key Persons
Manal Jaroudi came to us as a student then became a crochet instructor and is now our backbone floor manager. Jaroudi has years of experience in the banking and finance sectors, occupying managerial positions as deputy and head of management system and quality assurance divisions. Following the recent crisis in Lebanon, Jaroudi converged to the art field, finding inspiration in colors and textures.
Nour Tannir is an interior architect with experience in interior styling, furniture design and turnkey projects. She joined the space a year after the launch and worked on expanding the concept. Like Dabbous, Tannir hopes to support art and design entrepreneurs launch and expand new careers in the field. She is the founder of 786 Faithful Solutions
Yasmine Dabbous, PhD, is a visual culture artist and researcher. Formerly an assistant professor of journalism and cultural studies at the Lebanese American University, Dabbous left her position to pursue a degree in jewelry and textile design at the Fashion Institute Of Technology in New York. She is the founder of Kinship Stories, a line of tribal art jewelry displayed at galleries and select boutiques in Beirut, NYC and Washington DC.