US model Gigi Hadid has been unveiled as the cover star of Vogue Arabia's debut print issue, launching March 5, following the release of the magazine's first digital issue in October 2016.

Vogue Arabia's Editor-in-Chief, Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz commented 'Vogue Arabia is a magazine with the authority and insight needed to capture the creativity of a distinctive, evolving, and often misrepresented part of the world. The collage of countries across the Arab world are long-deserving of a place in fashion history, and there’s no better first "face" to lead the charge for Vogue Arabia than Gigi — a model who defines tomorrow's entrepreneurial and dynamic generation'.