Ali Cha’aban and Rayan Nawawi Get Nostalgic for the 90s

When Kuwait-based artist Ali Cha’aban teamed up with fellow creative Rayan Nawawi, the duo embarked on a nostalgic cultural reverie. The kind that breaks the boundaries on global identity and just so happens to tap into the urban zeitgeist. “We came up with the phrase ‘satellite culture.’ It’s a phrase we tend to think about when we visualize an age before the internet,” Cha’aban tells Vogue Arabia in an exclusive interview. The two artists joined forces prompted by the campaign Summer Of White, associated with the #mywhitesneaker hashtag. “We chose the Nike Air Max 97 model and decided to elaborate on its aesthetics,” adds Cha’aban.