What It Takes to Be Mister Lebanon

As opportunities shrink in Lebanon, contestants are pouring increasing amounts of time, money and effort into the country’s most famous male beauty pageant, and the possibilities it might unlock

Worlds of Their Own Making

The emerging cohort of designers transforming raw material into a living temperament

Meet the Initiatives Rethinking Syrian Craft

MSN3 DMSHQ and Syrian Crafts Council are working to rebuild what was lost before it disappears for good

Let the Majlis Be a Majlis

The majlis has historically been associated with governance, community, hospitality, and negotiation in the Arab world. In the last few years, it has also become an aesthetic object exhibited at biennials and museums. But what happens when a social form becomes a spectacle? What does it mean when a space deemed private is put on display?

The Only Producer Who’s Ever Gotten Fairuz’s Blessing

Kanye did it. Drake did it. Madonna got sued $2.5 million for it. Only one producer has ever sampled Fairuz completely legally, and he's telling the whole story

My Favourite Neuroses: Mapping the Ecstasy and Comedown of Romance Across the Arab Love Song

SLOP IS THAT DEEP

Do you sense that you live in a world that literally makes no fucking sense?

Ten Artworks We Loved from the Inaugural 2026 Art Basel Qatar

The projects and moments that stood out