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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
Notes on Lebanese Frenchies and the In Vitro Diaspora
Francophilia has long been a part of Lebanon’s complex sociopolitical fabric. The Frenchies of the country detach themselves from their environment and enjoy a bourgeois French-centric mode of existence. In the wake of ongoing national crises, members of the francophone middle class are becoming increasingly critical of their upbringing and aim to re-appropriate a certain sense of Lebaneseness
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
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
Amine Houari and The Making of a City
Photographer Amine Houari has spent three years documenting the brutal urban transformation of Tangier, a city deconstructed and reinvented almost to the point of disappearance
Please Mind the Gap: Amine Habki’s Tender Epics of Desire
Paris-based artist Amine Habki works between painting, drawing, and embroidery, building scenes where ordinary moments slip into something surreal, and quietly charged
Duette Studio Makes Its Sikka Debut With the Pearl Majlis
Just follow the pearl in the sky!
In Retrospect: CINECommunity 2026 Brings Al Quoz’s Courtyard to AMT’s Showroom
For three days across 15th to 17th January, Advanced Media Trading’s biannual CINECommunity event reimagined cinema not as a product-driven industry, but as a collective practice.
