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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
Tripoli’s Rumman Music Festival Returns for a Fifth Edition
Running 4 and 5 September, the festival brings SANAM, EMSALLAM, Ma-Beyn, and Tripoli's own BILEL to the city's revived Art Deco cinema
Lotus Brings Its Fastest Four-Cylinder Car to the UAE
Lotus built a legend on the idea that less is faster. The Emira 420 Sport, now landing in the UAE through AGMC, is the clearest argument for that idea in a generation
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?
How to Survive a Gulf Summer, One Cleanse at a Time
A summer skincare edition, for the hotter months
Duette Studio One-Ups Itself with Duette+
The creative duo introduce a cultural clubhouse to Dubai Mall
Following Traces: Anthony Bourdain, Food, and the Politics of Travelling with Care
Anthony Bourdain arrived in Beirut in 2006 to film a food show. Two days later, Israel bombed the city. The footage, and the Emmy nomination that followed, say something uncomfortable about the Western appetite for Arab tragedy on television. On food, travel, and the difference between loving a place and consuming it