Mona Kattan and Hassan Elamin are used to the spotlight.
The Dubai Bling star met her husband at college, where she became friends with his sister. However, it wasn’t until 2020 — nearly two decades later — that they went on their first official date and got engaged a year later, in December 2021.
Just three months later, Kattan married her husband on Feb. 22, 2022. To commemorate their first wedding anniversary, Elamin shared a photo from the special day on Instagram, calling his wife “the greatest gift from the heavens.” Meanwhile, Kattan said in a December 2021 YouTube video her favorite trait of Elamin’s is his “beautiful heart.”
“He’s such a genuine, honest, kind, loving, loyal person,” she said. “I trust him with my everything … he treats everyone with respect.”
Elamin joined Kattan once again in season 3 of Dubai Bling, which premiered on Netflix on Jan. 8.
So who is Mona Kattan’s husband? Here’s everything to know about Hassan Elamin and his relationship with the reality TV star.
Elamin works at a risk management insurance company
Elamin graduated from London’s Bayes Business School with a master’s degree in insurance and risk management in 2009, according to his LinkedIn.
He then went on to work at various companies as an account executive before joining Aon in April 2013, where he’s stayed for over a decade. After heading several facultative roles at the company, Elamin serves as the head of facultative for Aon Reinsurance Solutions for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
Kattan and Elamin met through his sister
Kattan and Elamin knew each other for nearly two decades before they explored a romantic relationship. The beauty business owner went to college with Elamin’s sister, Sally, who introduced them in 2003. Kattan later developed a “crush” on her husband-to-be, and they connected on Facebook in 2007, she shared in the December 2021 YouTube video.
“The first time I saw him, I was like, how did I not know Sally had a brother, and how did I not know he was so hot?” Kattan joked.
In November 2020, the two finally connected more when a mutual friend encouraged Elamin to reach out to Kattan. From there, he “messaged her right away” and they had their first date that same month.
They got married in 2022
After dating for less than a year, Elamin popped the question in the “middle of the desert” during a weekend getaway, he shared in the YouTube video. Though the proposal weekend got off to a rough start when Kattan had food poisoning, the beauty expert got ready for a romantic dinner — where Elamin surprised her by popping the question.
The Huda Beauty co-founder announced their engagement in a December 2021 Instagram post with a carousel of photos showing off her ring. “Forever Ever 💘 @hassanelamin,” she wrote in the caption.
On Feb. 22, 2022, the couple married in Dubai with a celebration that spanned three days. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar Arabia three months after the wedding, Elamin reflected on his favorite moment: seeing his new wife in her wedding dress for the first time.
He added that he slept restlessly the previous night, but when he saw her in her dress, he was immediately put at ease.
Kattan and Elamin released a joint fragrance inspired by their wedding in 2023
In addition to co-founding Huda Beauty, Kattan is also a founder of Kayali fragrances, a subsidiary brand of the beauty empire she built alongside her sister Huda.
A little over a year after their February 2022 wedding, Kattan and Elamin joined forces to release a Kayali fragrance in honor of their special day. The Wedding Collection consists of two perfumes that symbolize the intertwining of their lives, Kattan told Harper’s Bazaar Arabia in June 2023.
In 2024, she released a fragrance inspired by her husband. In a November Instagram video, the beauty mogul explained that “the inspiration behind” Kayali’s fragrance Yum Boujee Marshmallow 81 was Elamin’s nickname for her.
“His nickname for me became marshmallow because he said I smell like marshmallows even when I don’t wear perfume,” Kattan said. “I had to make this marshmallow fragrance not your typical marshmallow — something very boujee, sweet and pretty.”
Elamin founded a clothing business with his siblings
Elamin’s sister, Sally, not only changed his personal life but also his professional career. They founded their Elamins clothing brand together with their brother, Ahmed, in November 2024. With both womens and menswear, the siblings created the business to “offer garments that are not only stylish but also easy to wear and feel comfortable,” he told Signé Magazine at the time of the launch.
“Our journey began with a simple idea: to create clothing that can transition seamlessly from day to night, embodying timeless elegance, a simple aesthetic, and meticulous craftsmanship,” he added.
Elamin appears on Dubai Bling with Kattan
Kattan joined the cast of Dubai Bling during season 2, sharing aspects of her marriage on TV. While he’s not a full-time cast member, Elamin has been featured on the reality show, and the couple discussed their plans to have a child during Kattan’s first season.
“Even though Hassan knows I’m dealing with a lot, he doesn’t know how much it stresses me out, how much I worry, so bringing somebody into this world, it’s a lot,” Kattan said in a confessional interview during season 2 of Dubai Bling. Elamin admitted it was “far more important” to him to welcome a child rather than focus on work though he vowed to “never change diapers.”
“And I’ll repeat again, I am never changing any diaper,” he said.
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