Ali & Walaa
Walaa Awada leaning on the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class at a French Riviera villa, Ali Hennaoui in the background — Mercedes-Maybach campaign by Ali & Walaa, Côte d'Azur, June 2026. Luxury campaign editorial reference.

Mercedes-Maybach · June 2026

Île de Bendor.
Côte d'Azur.

Mercedes-Maybach invited us to the South of France for the launch of the new S-Class — an experience built around the idea that true luxury is not about speed, but about the quality of the journey itself.

Brand
Mercedes-Maybach
Location
Île de Bendor · Côte d'Azur, France
Date
June 2026
Created by
Ali Hennaoui & Walaa Awada (@aliandwalaa)
Ali Hennaoui and Walaa Awada laughing together leaning on the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class under plane trees at a Côte d'Azur villa — luxury campaign content by Ali & Walaa (@aliandwalaa)

The welcome box arrived before we did. Île de Bendor on one card. The new S-Class on another. A note that said: welcome to the Côte d'Azur.

What followed was three days built around a single conviction — that the right car in the right place, with the right people beside you, is not transport. It is a way of being in the world. The S-Class does not rush. It arrives. There is a difference, and you feel it the moment the door closes behind you.

We shot between the villa gardens, the harbor, and the water — the French flag at the stern, the Maybach badge catching the Mediterranean light, the two of us in the back seat looking at each other the way you do when you know this is one of the days you will remember.

Ali Hennaoui and Walaa Awada in the backseat of the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, South of France — luxury automotive campaign by Ali & Walaa
Mercedes-Maybach S-Class parked under trees, Côte d'Azur — campaign photography by Ali & Walaa (@aliandwalaa)
Walaa Awada leaning on the hood of the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, Ali Hennaoui standing behind her at a French villa — editorial campaign content by Ali & Walaa, Côte d'Azur 2026
Ali and Walaa at the harbor, Côte d'Azur, during the Mercedes-Maybach experience — lifestyle content by Ali & Walaa
Walaa Awada on a boat with the French flag, Côte d'Azur — Mercedes-Maybach experience campaign, Ali & Walaa
Ali Hennaoui at the helm of a boat on the French Riviera — Mercedes-Maybach experience, June 2026, Ali & Walaa
Walaa Awada at a French Riviera café garden eating ice cream — Mercedes-Maybach Côte d'Azur experience, Ali & Walaa
Mercedes-Maybach S-Class launch welcome box — Île de Bendor, Côte d'Azur experience invitation, June 2026
Walaa Awada walking at the port in a black outfit and bucket hat, Côte d'Azur — Mercedes-Maybach experience lifestyle content by Ali & Walaa
Ali Hennaoui and Walaa Awada selfie on the grounds of the French Riviera villa — Mercedes-Maybach campaign, Côte d'Azur June 2026

Created by Ali Hennaoui and Walaa Awada (@aliandwalaa), Dubai.
Represented by Bold Management · aliwalaa@boldmanagement.com

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