Egypt totally dominated at the African Fencing Championship

Winning a total of 18 medals.

Egypt has ranked first at the 2017 African Fencing Championship, winning a total of 18 medals, six of which were gold. 

The Championship was held at Cairo's International Stadium between the 8th and 12th of June and saw the participation of nearly 100 fencers from across the African continent. 

Participating countries included Tunisia, Morocco, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, and Senegal.  

This is the second time Egypt wins big at the fencing championship. The country also came first with a total of 18 medals back in 2012. 

Impressive wins

This year's championship included 12 events which were split into two categories: Individual and team games.    

In individual competitions, Alaa El-Din Aboul Kasem, winner of a silver medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, won gold at the men individual foil competition.

His compatriot Ayman Mohamed Fayez won the men's individual épée competition.

Individual Egyptian female players also stood out at this year's championship with Yara El-Sharkawy scoring four silver medals and Salwa Gaber, also scoring a silver win. 

In addition to individual wins, the country scored in team games, winning medals through both their male and female teams. 

Tunisia ranks second

Tunisia, who has ranked first at the championship for the past four years, got the second spot this year, with 12 medals

Ines Boubakri, Olympic bronze medallist won a gold medal at the foil individual competition.

Tunisian fencers also swept the sabre competitions, with both Azza Besbes and Fares Ferjani winning gold medals. 

A hijabi blogger is the face of Dolce & Gabbana this Ramadan

Ruba Zai blogs at Hijabi Hills.

Hijabi model and vlogger Ruba Zai is now the face of Dolce & Gabbana ... a campaign done in the spirit of Ramadan. 

The 23-year-old Afghan model revealed the photos via Instagram as she dressed in the company's signature abayas and scarves. The photoshoot took place in Marrakech, Morocco. 

"Made a new best friend during my Dolce & Gabbana shoot," Zai wrote in an Instagram caption, referencing a horse she met during the trip.

Zai - who has over 1 million followers on Instagram - blogs at Hijabi Hills, a beauty blog where Zai shares fashion advice and hijab tutorials with an aim to make the hijab as accessible as possible.

Full on chic abayas

Pulling off the leopard print abayas ... like it's easy

The O-So-Dolce sunglasses

You know just hanging out with this beautiful horse in D&G fashion

Tradition and culture

Zai is making it out big in the fashion industry, no doubt about that

Dolce & Gabbana's entrance into the modest fashion industry

The high-end Italian fashion label released its first-ever line geared toward Muslim women in 2016.

The brand revealed a collection of abayas and hijabs for fall/winter 2016/2017, joining the likes of other brands including Juicy Couture, Tommy Hilfiger, Oscar de la Renta and DKNY.