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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.
Refractions Made through Mirrors: On Hussein Shikha’s Carpet Artistry
In richly woven carpets and pixelated dreamscapes, Iraqi-born artist Hussein Shikha finds a visual language to reanimate fractured histories
Paris Fashion Week SS26 Reminded Us Why Dressing Up Matters
Gender play, soft silhouettes, and the return of the tie
Precision with Purpose
A Richard Mille friend and culinary master, Christophe Bacquié, trades haute cuisine for heartfelt living in the Luberon
My Name Is: The Power, Politics, and Poetry of Arab Names
When Mohammad becomes Moe... What does it mean to disown, distort, or anglicise our Arab names?
When Rock Music Echoed in Cairo: The Bands that Shaped an Era
Fady Nageeb explores Egypt's burgeoning rock and roll scene post the 1952 revolution, when pioneering bands embodied cultural change and rebellion
Sami Outalbali: Reflecting On Representation, Amin Maalouf, and Returning to Morocco
At 25, the French actor of Moroccan-Guadeloupean descent, Sami Outalbali, has emerged as a standout figure in the French entertainment scene in recent years. He’s rapidly becoming a familiar face, and there’s no sign of him slowing down anytime soon