Kalam Journal

Hussah met Noor through their husbands, old college friends, and immediately hit it off. On a sunny spring day in Sharjah over a pool lunch, they talked about everything and anything. But what bonded them [...]

Shweta Betty is a Freelance Fashion Editor & Costumier based in Bombay. More specifically in our favorite area of Bombay, Bandra. Bandra is in the north of Bombay. It is on the sea, has adorable [...]

Nur Kaoukji and Nour Sabbagh go way back, way way way back. They did a series of beautiful pop ups together in Beirut called ‘Beirut Loves’. Today Nour is a good friend to everyone on [...]

Nour is a force. Take a tombola and mix in some jasmine, coffee grains, feminism, orange blossom, fierce curls, dreams, sand, activism, divine femininity and there you have her. All mixed into one. Lebanese, born [...]

Claire Deroo was raised in Paris and is no stranger to India. She has been frequenting the Pink City regularly since the age of five and has since turned into a permanent resident, much to [...]

We met the wonderful Maha before we launched ecru, when Nur was giving a lecture on importance of patronage during a Nuqat conference in 2012. It was hosted by Dar Al Athar al-Islamiyah, where Maha [...]

Prarthna is an inspiration. Through her art form she tackles social and political issues in an extremely poignant way that never cease to move and inspire us. She looks at Women through a lens of [...]