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Ahaan Panday’s Next Close-Up Is With Jaeger-LeCoultre
The Saiyaara actor joins the Swiss watchmaker as a Friend of the House, rewinding to the years behind the camera before his big break.
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
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
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
The Date Palm Had One More Thing to Give, and Datecrete Has a Seoul Design Award Prize to Prove It
A stubborn little seed, an unlikely experiment and years of material research. Datecrete Studio & Lab challenges what we consider waste and what we imagine architecture could become
5 Young Arab Designers Who Refuse to Blend In
The emerging cohort of designers transforming raw material into a living temperament