TUL8TE could be described as a phenomenon—a musical or commercial one, to be precise. When I first listened to him when he released his debut project, Maghool, his unique formula of progressive boom-bap was so fresh that I told my friends at the time how this man was poised to become the next big thing […]
Amid the 81st Venice Film Festival’s stacked lineup, Khaled Mansour’s Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo cut through the noise—a raw, unflinching portrait of survival, dignity, and the quiet desperation that binds a man to his dog. The film follows 30-year-old Hassan, who faces eviction alongside his overprotective mother and his loyal dog, Rambo, from their […]
“My older brother Haisam was a doctor; Faisal, my twin, is a doctor; Safinaz, my sister, is a psychologist. I was a very rebellious boy in a way. I always tried to do things differently,” Ahmed Shawly divulges from a spacious white couch at the centre of his Jeddah listening room. The space feels more […]
