Nour Hassan is an Egyptian Saudi Arabian award-winning journalist with more than eight years of experience in the field of PR and Communications. She is also a practicing curator, podcast host, public speaker, and cultural influencer.
Hassan attended the American University of Cairo and later the University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied Public Speaking and Film. In 2024, she relaunched her cultural platform, formerly known as Radical Contemporary (RC) and founded in 2020, to Curated by Nour — the region’s first multi-disciplinary curatorial platform for the culturally curious.
Over the course of her career in media, Hassan has interviewed over 100 of the EMENA region’s top minds upon launching one of the first podcasts in the MENA, The Radical Contemporary Podcast, including Smita Prabhakar, Founder and Chairperson of the Ishara Art Foundation; Antonia Carver, Director of Art Jameel; Hala Khayat, Regional Director of Art Dubai; and Butheina Kazim, founder of Cinema Akil.
Hassan has worked on building culture with entities such as Art Dubai, Alserkal Avenue, Art Jameel, 421, Ishara Art Foundation, NTU CC Singapore, TBA21, and more. She has written, creative directed and produced content for Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Puma, Farfetch, Nike, EMAAR, Expo 2020, Art Dubai, Sotheby’s, Forbes Middle East, Elle Arabia and more. She has also hosted conversations at various events across the MENA as a speaker, MC, and moderator, including COP27, RISE UP, Creative Industry Summit, TEDx, EEA and more.