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I AM A GLOBAL CITIZEN:

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October 27, 2025

And Dubai is a global city where her Indian, Arab, and North African fanbases converge, giving her a unique foothold

- By Manjusha Radhakrishnan Entertainment, Lifestyle and Sport Editor

Bollywood actress, performer, and singer Nora Fatehi was minutes away from walking the escalator runway at City Centre Deira, her gorgeous gown-meets-sari with a long train trailing behind her like a potential hazard.

Her team hovered nearby, but her focus was elsewhere. The real tension wasn't whether she'd trip on her gorgeous sari with a long train - it was whether she'd be taken seriously beyond the labels attached to her.

"An artist should never be stereotyped or limited into a box, because an artist is always multifaceted," she said in an interview with Gulf News.

When I pointed out that Priyanka Chopra Jonas was proof that reinvention was possible at any point in an artists' life, she nodded.

"What I love about Priyanka Chopra's story is she proved that right, and she succeeded at it. And I just hope that I'm able to do that too."

DUBAI: LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES

If Chopra took Bollywood to Hollywood, Fatehi is using Dubai as the launch pad for a different kind of global identity - one not defined by borders but by reach, reinvention, and raw hustle. And Dubai, she believes, is the city built for exactly that kind of ambition.

"Dubai is a place for opportunities, for embracing different talents and artists and giving them platforms ... it just shows you that Dubai is going to open so many doors for artists all over the world."

For Fatehi, Dubai isn't a pit stop. It's a mirror of who she is becoming. A singer for whom it's not just a vanity project.

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