How To Manifest Like A Real Housewife of Dubai: Nina Ali On Keeping Up A Positive Mindset
The supermum holds firm faith in the practice of consciously attracting what you want – but not without the hustle
The Real Housewives of Dubai star Nina Ali is big into manifestation.
Watch any of her recent interviews and she’s not shy in sharing how she feels partly responsible for willing the opportunity into existence. “I remember I was just sitting there, it was the beginning of the year, I had my brand new journal that is used for manifestation. I just remember writing, ‘I need something new. I need something bigger,’” she says. “I just kept writing every day.”
Having been a long-time fan of the franchise (“I watched the first Real Housewives, which was in Orange County, back in 2006 – it was my guilty pleasure,”) she had an inkling that she would somehow become involved, but wasn’t sure how. “I used to watch it and say, ‘You know what? I have a feeling one day – I don’t know if it’s in Austin, but I have a feeling I’m going to be on the Real Housewives.’”
“Everything I have in my life right now I manifested.”
Nina Ali
Nina moved from Texas to Dubai in early 2011, just weeks after getting married – and quickly came to the opinion that the city could be the next epic setting for the franchise. “That’s all I kept telling my husband ‘Dubai needs a Real Housewives show. This city is unbelievable.’ Everything is bigger, better, luxurious, clean and safe,” she says. It would be over a decade later before the universe made good on her requests. “Here’s the really crazy thing,” she shares. “My manifestation number is 11; I see ones and elevens everywhere… So, The Real Housewives of Dubai is the 11th franchise [of the show] and it’s the 11th year that I’m in Dubai. The universe has responded.
For those writing off The Law of Attraction as a bunch of new-age mumbo jumbo, it’s worth noting Nina has never sat around and waited for opportunities to find her. Having emigrated from Lebanon to the United States at the age of four with her family, she’s no stranger to hard work. “I came from very humble, underprivileged beginnings,” she says. “I put myself through school and I worked in the service industry. One time I had, like, four jobs at once.”
“I remember I used to do this little thing – I don’t do it as much anymore – but when I would wake up in the morning, I’d wash up and I would take a few seconds to just look in the mirror and say, ‘You know what, Nina? One day you’re not going to have to do this. You’re going to make something bigger of yourself and you’re not going to have to struggle.’ Because let me tell you something: there was a point where I was waking up at 4:30 in the morning, hustling to get to this, to do that, to get to school and to work.”
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Photography: Vaughan Treyvellan. Styling: Nour Bou Ezz. Creative Direction: Nina Catt. Words: Laura Kell. Make-up: Vianne Najeeb. Hair: Ania Poniatowska at MMG Artists. Senior Producer: Steff Hawker. Hair Assistant: Deepa Yadav. Photography Assistant: Shamim Shaheed. Fashion Assistant: Cristina Burca. Fashion Intern: Dhara Gandhi. Props: Propped Up Rentals. With special thanks to PBI Tennis Dubai
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From the A/W22 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia Junior
