Our authors

Tabassum founded Sparkling Sandset in 2012 and has run the Al Khatim camp through more than 500 private weddings, celebrations and cultural events since. She writes about the celebration and hospitality side of the business: weddings, birthdays, cultural programming and what it actually takes to host a private desert night well.

Younus is a marketing professional and a guest writer for Sparkling Sandset. He writes about the practical side of corporate events in Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE: venue selection, group logistics, team-building and what changes when the guest list is a client's, not a family's.