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Spirited decay: digital artists weigh in on AI’s intelligence

The discourse around AI generated art has been polarising. On one side of the ring, you have tech bros turning themselves into Studio Ghibli characters (reliving some lost childhood desire to play dress up or something?) and on the opposite side of the ring you’ve got everyone else sweating bullets and tugging at their collars […]

Freedom by design: reclaiming Amazigh symbology

“We need to reconnect with our heritage outside of colonial biases,” she says. “Our symbology and mosaic will endure, but it’s up to us to preserve them for future generations.” Salma Chouqair, founder of Bayt Zahul Carved into stone or woven into a rug, Amazigh symbology carries the weight of freedom by design—a quiet testament […]

Getting faded for Eid: a glimpse into one Cairo’s busiest barbershops on Eid night

Walk down any street in the lesser gentrified and modernity-seeking streets of Cairo during the first days of the Eid and you will be provided with a feast for the senses. Sparkly faux-Nike hightops and modified high-speed motorcycles abound as the neighbourhood’s bad and best gather in one of those sweet, but very masculine moments, […]