Female Directors Lead Arab Cinema Into the 2026 Oscars Race

"This story is not just about Gaza. It speaks to a universal grief. Cinema can preserve a memory. Cinema can resist amnesia. May Hind Rajab’s voice be heard."

The Record Shows: The Story of Baidaphone

How a Beirut label captured the first voice of the Arab world

Dior Pre-Fall 2026: Jonathan Anderson’s Continued Reimagining of Menswear

A continuation of the vocabulary Anderson is defining for Dior; ingeniously steeped in aristocratic grandeur

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.”

Rediscovering Roots and Removing Restrictions 

In the world of luxury timepieces, 2025 has been a year of rediscovering roots and removing restrictions