Author: Monaliza Wahba

Animal advocate and fashion guru, Monaliza, was born in Alexandria to an Egyptian father and an Armenian-Lebanese mother. Married to her best friend. A fashion stylist/personal shopper, a social butterfly, a traveller and an entrepreneur. Wannabe drummer and hip hop dancer. She can’t resist that bakery smell of a crisping croissant and her house never runs out of Nutella. She currently lives in Dubai.

Dubai is about to open a 1 billion Dhs safari park with more than 10,500 animals this year to replace the much-derided Jumeirah Zoo, and all 1,000 animals will…