Rouba Saadeh is a Lebanese fashion professional associated with ELIE SAAB and credited on projects for the fashion house. She is also the former wife of Italian actor Michele Morrone, with whom she has two sons.
What does Rouba Saadeh do?
Saadeh’s professional background includes work in ELIE SAAB’s ready-to-wear operation. In a July 2024 report, Beirut.com described her as the house’s ready-to-wear studio manager, citing her LinkedIn profile. The same report stated that she had worked with the designer since 2019 and had studied at Istituto Marangoni in Milan.
Those details describe her reported career at that time; they do not establish her present job title. Her public LinkedIn activity includes a shared ELIE SAAB post showing its autumn/winter 2020–21 ready-to-wear fashion show. She also appears in credits for two films in director Mounia Akl’s official portfolio.
Her credits on two ELIE SAAB fashion films
Akl’s archive includes Hymne à la Vie and Retour aux Sources, both developed in the context of the 2020 pandemic. Each project lists @roubasaadeh among the ELIE SAAB team credits.
Hymne à la Vie is identified in the archive as a ready-to-wear film. Akl explains that work began during confinement in Lebanon and that the film explored the importance of human touch and connection. The project was shot in Lebanon, with Raja Zgheib producing, Joe Saade handling cinematography and Cyril Aris editing.
Retour aux Sources centres on nature, roots and the Lebanese mountains. Its production credits also identify Saadeh as part of the fashion house’s team. The archive provides the film alongside its production information, allowing readers to explore an actual project connected with her professional work.
These are team credits: they identify her participation without assigning her individual garment designs or a directing role. They offer a more specific picture of her fashion experience than a general description of her as a designer.
What is Le Paradis Des Fous?
Le Paradis Des Fous is a fashion concept-store venture associated with Saadeh. Italian lifestyle publication DiLei reports that she founded it in 2013, describing a business focused on designers’ creations and promoting new fashion talent.
The 2013 founding date places this venture before her marriage to Morrone. DiLei describes its focus as bringing together work from designers around the world, giving her professional history a business dimension alongside her work within an established fashion house.
When was she married to Michele Morrone?
Saadeh and Morrone married in 2014 and divorced in 2018. PEOPLE’s reporting on their family places the divorce in that year, while iO Donna’s coverage of Morrone’s 2023 One More Time interview identifies Saadeh as the Lebanese stylist he married in 2014.
Their marriage therefore preceded his international breakthrough with 365 Days. By the time the film brought him widespread attention in 2020, their marriage had already ended. Describing Saadeh as his former wife preserves that chronology.
Do Rouba Saadeh and Michele Morrone have children?
They have two sons, Marcus and Brando. PEOPLE reports that Marcus was born in 2014 and Brando in 2017.
Morrone has discussed fatherhood publicly. In a 2021 interview with ELLE India, he said he wanted his children to develop their own passions rather than follow a profession chosen for them.
B. Sources
Italian page titles below are translated into English.
| Publisher | Page title and direct URL | Publication or update date |
|---|---|---|
| Beirut.com | In Case You Forgot: This Italian Actor Speaks Lebanese Arabic | Published 18 July 2024. beirut.com |
| Rouba Saadeh’s Post | Exact date not displayed; relative timestamp only. linkedin.com | |
| Mounia Akl, official website | Work — Mounia Akl | No publication or update date displayed; relevant project descriptions refer to 2020. Mounia Akl |
| DiLei | Who Is Rouba Saadeh, Michele Morrone’s Ex-Wife and the Mother of His Children | Published 11 October 2020; updated 27 May 2024. dilei.it |
| PEOPLE | All About Michele Morrone’s 2 Kids, Sons Marcus and Brando | Updated 2 September 2026. people.com |
| iO Donna | Michele Morrone: “Drunk Every Day for Six Months.” The Actor from “365 Days” Tells His Story | Published 4 October 2023. iO Donna |
| ELLE India | ELLE India Exclusive: 10 Questions With The Global Sensation, Michele Morrone | Published 14 April 2021. |
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