Perfume dupes labelled “Haifa Wehbe’s Tears” and “White Women Dancing”, a car door casting a shadow on an ornamental fence captioned مساء الخير a cup of shai arabiyy against red roses plucked from teta’s daily صباح الورد WhatsApp messages—packed with cultural semiotics that seem coughed up by the algorithm, Libyan-American artist Tasneem Sarkez’s work could be […]
I’m obsessed with Oupi Goupi. Maybe, by the time this comes out, Oupi Goupi could be already forgotten—but I shall attempt to canonise him as much as I can. Oupi Goupi is part of the Goupiland universe, created by Tiktoker @lakaka. He shares origin lore with Lobotomisateur, L’homme Genial, L’électricien, Larry, and many more iconic […]
Serving as captain of the UAE’s first women’s national team and a pivotal player in the AFC Women’s Champions League, Nouf Al Anzi epitomises the art of possibility. From engaging in street games with her siblings to competitive school matches, her formative years were deeply rooted in football. “I started playing football at school and […]
