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Eurovision, Samira Said, and Morocco’s Unreceived Love Letter
Revisiting Morocco’s choice to perform at Eurovision in 1980, the first and last Arab country to do so, reveals a complex web of forces at play in our history, and a legacy that stands in evidence of a confused national identity, much less healed from colonial violation than it purports to be
petit h: The Astonishing and Unexpected Afterlife of Hermès Offcuts
Hermès’ upcycling workshop returned to The Dubai Mall with a carpet woven from palm leaves and a cast of objects built from the house’s offcuts
5 Young Arab Designers Who Refuse to Blend In
The emerging cohort of designers transforming raw material into a living temperament
Time Tells Tales: What Your Watch Says About You
What can a watch reveal beyond the time? A quiet expression of cultivated taste, unspoken ambition, and the subtle art of making a statement without saying a word
SOFT POWER: Hawazin Alotaibi’s Pink Rebellion
Through a playful palette of pinks and pastels, the Saudi artist reimagines Khaleeji masculinity, challenging the conventions of gender, power and self-image with an unexpected softness
HinDidi: When Bollywood Invited Algeria to Dance
In the aftermath of independence, Bollywood offered Algeria something revolution could not: the freedom to dream, to love, and to imagine a life beyond struggle. Decades later, one Indian film, Janitou, remains a tender relic of a future that never quite arrived
Okay, but who’s actually buying these Saddam Hussein watches? And why?
On the strange afterlife of Saddam Hussein watches and what their thriving resale trade says about nostalgia, myth-making, and a region's unresolved relationship with its strongmen