Duette Studio One-Ups Itself with Duette+

The creative duo introduce a cultural clubhouse to Dubai Mall

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?

Watching From the Sidelines

Why I watch the world cup If I don't really care about football

Ali Kazim and Zarina Beckon Us Into Their Urdu Worlds

The UAE’s inaugural exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language, curated by Hammad Nasar

What Fashion Brands Brought to Milan Design Week 2026

Baskets, trunks, tomato chairs, and woven light

Every Arab Designer You Need to Know From Milan Design Week 2026

Salasil: Practitioners of Care and Experimentation

The UAE-based curatorial duo favours slowness, depth and imagination, resisting extractive cultural models and spectacle-driven sameness of today’s institutions. Studio salasil responds to the shifting contours of the world, forging encounters where care grounds the work and experimentation keeps it breathing

A Closer Look at Javier Bardem’s Oscar Pins

Wearing his 2003 Iraq War protest pins to condemn the current war on Iran, alongside his Palestinian cartoon symbol, Handala pin.