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

Ugliness Looks Back

From a 1960s Iranian leper colony to Kim Kardashian's surgeon, tracing how "ugly" became a diagnosis to be cured rather than a way of being seen

Dario Vitale is Appointed Creative Director of Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani Accessories

Anatomy of a Manouche: When Akkawi Cheese is Hard to Come By

As people move, recipes travel with them – stretching, adapting and carrying the weight of memory, longing and belonging

Tawsen is Just a Chill Guy

After seven years, two labels, and one imposed silence, Moroccan artist Tawsen releases his debut comeback album Chokran, not with a grudge, but with gratitude

How Radisson Hotel Group is Keeping Up With the Modern Business Traveller

How the rise of the nomadic traveller is rewriting the rules of hospitality and why Radisson Hotel Group is already speaking the new language

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

The Met Gala Doesn’t Begin at the Met

The world watches the museum steps. Fashion's insiders watch The Mark