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This Film Festival is Taking SWANA Cinema from Beirut to Rome for Its Second Edition
Half film festival, half fundraiser, Here & Elsewhere returns for its second year in Beirut and Rome with a programme built around memory
A Language Of Image: From Manuscripts To Meta-Algorithms
From Islamic manuscripts to Blender renders, the image of the Arabic language has always been built from overlapping histories and references. The designers pushing it forward today are proving that visual history is most useful when it becomes a tool for invention rather than nostalgia, and that the archive is not a repository of finished answers
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?
John Lobb and the Enduring Language of Good Shoes
In an era obsessed with what can be seen, the finest expressions of style are often found at ground level
Tales Of Tokyo
Inside the quiet geometry of a Tokyo temple, Dubai-based photographer Sahil Shettigar finds the stillness he'd long been chasing
Nearly a Century Later, The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is Still Making the Case
Jaeger-LeCoultre Expands the Reverso Legacy with Elegant Precision