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Beach please! Matthieu Blazy makes a splash at his Chanel Cruise debut
Taking us away to Biarritz, the Belgian designer journeyed into the deep for his first foray into resortwear
Kelly Wearstler doesn’t see fashion and design as separate worlds
This year, the usual boundaries between fashion and design feel increasingly redundant. Inside Palazzo Acerbi, a 17th-century Baroque palace opened…
Hussain Rehar’s SS26 Nargis blooms in excess
Pakistani fashion’s investment in The Bride as a symbol rather than agent is a long-standing norm. Despite bridal wear being…
Inside Inanna Reborn’s first runway, with Byredo
Inanna Reborn, a fashion project by Her Highness Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, made its first runway appearance in…
Opinion: We should gatekeep Arab beauty secrets from creators who feed into overconsumption
TikTok beauty creators are infamously good at persuading their followers to purchase a lot of products, so much so, that…
Inside Iman Eldeeb’s mission to build Arab representation on the runway
In the muted light of a casting room, where first impressions speak louder than words, Iman Eldeeb watches a young…
Here/Now: Algeria — A generation between inheritance and self-definition
When COVID hit in early 2020, Algeria was witnessing weekly protests all over the country. The Hirak, the largest popular…
Ways of sitting
As a designer, I spend a lot of time thinking about how people sit and, as a Palestinian, just as…
Alserkal Avenue, by design, in motion
The global design circle loves a new market. It loves growth metrics, new collectors, fresh money. What it struggles with…
12 years of Sandbox: Nacelle’s recipe for a world-class festival on home turf
Long before Sandbox Festival became a regional benchmark, Tito El Khachab was hosting events simply to have somewhere to play.…
The hidden Yemeni immigrant genre at the heart of Earl Sweatshirt’s most memed song
Earl produced “EAST” under his “randomblackdude” alias. It had no drums, just a wheezing string loop that kept folding back…
A tribute to Cheb Terro: Sousse’s very own
Rayen Hermassi, known to many as Cheb Terro, constructed a universe with nothing but raw instinct, borrowed technology, and an…
Ruwan Teodros on finding belonging, and herself
Ruwan Teodros came to photography the way many people come to prayer, through crisis. During COVID, when Beirut emptied, and…
The mischief, menace, unruly nature of Affsoongar’s women
There is a very specific charm in Affsoongar’s work that becomes more sentimental the longer you sit with it. Small…
Rays, Ripples, and Residue: Celebrating 421 and the power of contemporary art in Abu Dhabi
For its final weekend, the group exhibition Rays, Ripples, and Residue marks the 10th anniversary of the 421 Art Campus…
Shazad Latif on carving space, Wuthering Heights and “putting pressure back on the big boys”
The world increasingly requires us to live in profound contradiction. Whether it’s political polarisation or identity politics, all forms of…
Such stuff as dreams: Soad Hosni’s image, 25 years on
Rania Stephan opens her essayistic film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011) with an excerpt from Act IV Scene…
Hanging by a Wire: Behind the thrilling Pakistani documentary that opened Sundance 2026
In August of 2023, the lush Himalayan foothills of Northern Pakistan became a haunting spectacle across global media. For 13…
Such stuff as dreams: Soad Hosni’s image, 25 years on
Rania Stephan opens her essayistic film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011) with an excerpt from Act IV Scene…
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What makes Arab cinema, Arab cinema?
I have an experiment I’d like you to try the next time you encounter a self-proclaimed cinephile in the wild. The kind of cinephile with…
Intro to nomadology
I’ll do this quickly because your attention span, like my own, is limited. Our brains are worn ‘smooth’ by the unrelenting feed of images –…
Here/Now: Celia Bougdal’s photography of memory, self and Algeria
Photography came to Celia Bougdal through a detour. After abandoning plans to study music and being unable to attend Algiers’ École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, she…
Sara Naim and the perspective of language
Sara Naim is a multidisciplinary artist who has built a practice around addressing the fragility of the “body”. This could mean the human body, bodies…
What is…happening? Predictions from our community
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Artist Ali Cherri files landmark complaint over Israeli airstrike on his family home in Beirut
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