Inside the Festival Edits 2025: How Doha Festival City is Redefining Qatar’s Retail Experience

Qatar's Retail Trend Report 2025 offers an unprecedented, data-backed deep dive into all the consumer trends in Qatar

Beirut Cutting Through The Noise

A city constantly folding in on itself is giving way to another new generation of independent musicians

Yasmine Hamdan and the Beautiful Losers

“There's no contradiction between being desperate and still hopeful.”

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

A Continuum of Care and Conscience finds Cognisance in Dana Awartani’s Eclectic Art 

The reimagination of Islamic geometric patterns for Saudi-Palestinian artist Dana Awartani encompasses the socio-cultural resurrection of the Arab world against its political erasure

H&M’s New Dubai Mall Flagship Store Has Officially Opened

A long-awaited reveal, complete with a Burj Khalifa shoutout

J Balvin: Reimagining Reggaeton As A Universal Rhythm Of Identity

From new music to a performance this November at Dubai’s UNTOLD Festival, the Medellín-born megastar sets his sights on the MENA region 

Tracing the Thread

Unpacking the history behind six menswear trends for Fall/Winter 2025