Jack Champion: The Making of a Man

Our December cover star talks grit, growth, and the long road from boyhood to selfhood

Al-Música: When Arabic Music Went Latin

Danny Hajjar traces the centuries-long rhythm between Arabic and Latin sounds, from Al-Andalus to reggaeton

Ghorba: Songs of Immigration

The story of how exile, estrangement, and movement turn into rhythm, resonance, and new musical worlds

Beirut Cutting Through The Noise

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

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

Rediscovering Roots and Removing Restrictions 

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

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

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