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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
Tawsen is Just a Chill Guy
After seven years, two labels, and one imposed silence, Moroccan artist Tawsen releases his debut comeback album Chokran, not with a grudge, but with gratitude
Ali Kazim and Zarina Beckon Us Into Their Urdu Worlds
The UAE’s inaugural exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language, curated by Hammad Nasar
Ahmed Emad and the Path of Desire
A desire path is an unofficial route formed when people choose the shortest, most instinctive way between two points, favouring lived experience over prescribed design. It is a path made by repetition, conviction, and quiet resistance. Based between Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, Ahmed Emad’s journey follows a similar logic. A Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate, former museum educator at Louvre Abu Dhabi, he is currently the Public Programming Specialist at the highly anticipated Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Stormy Brings Desperado to Tokyo in Partnership with Spotify
A streaming giant, a city built on the aesthetics of controlled chaos, and one of the Maghreb's most distinctive rap voices walk into a writing camp. What follows is less a press trip than a statement of intent.