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Beach please! Matthieu Blazy makes a splash at his Chanel Cruise debut
Taking us away to Biarritz, the Belgian designer journeyed into the deep for his first foray into resortwear
Kelly Wearstler doesn’t see fashion and design as separate worlds
This year, the usual boundaries between fashion and design feel increasingly redundant. Inside Palazzo Acerbi, a 17th-century Baroque palace opened…
Hussain Rehar’s SS26 Nargis blooms in excess
Pakistani fashion’s investment in The Bride as a symbol rather than agent is a long-standing norm. Despite bridal wear being…
Inside Inanna Reborn’s first runway, with Byredo
Inanna Reborn, a fashion project by Her Highness Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, made its first runway appearance in…
Opinion: We should gatekeep Arab beauty secrets from creators who feed into overconsumption
TikTok beauty creators are infamously good at persuading their followers to purchase a lot of products, so much so, that…
Inside Iman Eldeeb’s mission to build Arab representation on the runway
In the muted light of a casting room, where first impressions speak louder than words, Iman Eldeeb watches a young…
Takashi Murakami x CASETiFY is back in full bloom
CASETiFY has relaunched its Takashi Murakami collaboration — and this time, it’s bringing the whole archive. Titled FULL BLOOM, the…
Niyū Yūrk: Hiba Abid interprets the traces of MENA lives in New York City
Quoting Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks, the Palestinian-American intellectual Edward Said remarks that “[h]istory has left in us an infinity of…
لعيدٍ أسعد: بين فراغ العيد وعودة إلى النوستالجيا
والآن، في آخر أيام رمضان، ليلة الوقفة. لم تكن هناك وقفة، كانت ليلة مليئة بالضجيج، بأصوات تتبعها أصوات، ودائمًا ما…
The hidden Yemeni immigrant genre at the heart of Earl Sweatshirt’s most memed song
Earl produced “EAST” under his “randomblackdude” alias. It had no drums, just a wheezing string loop that kept folding back…
A tribute to Cheb Terro: Sousse’s very own
Rayen Hermassi, known to many as Cheb Terro, constructed a universe with nothing but raw instinct, borrowed technology, and an…
راب شارع: مرآة للشوارع العربية
في كل حلقة من راب شارع، يظهر بلاك بي مقنّعًا، ممسكًا بالميكروفون. يقف محاطًا بموسيقيين تنتمي جذورهم إلى شوارع طرابلس…
The mischief, menace, unruly nature of Affsoongar’s women
There is a very specific charm in Affsoongar’s work that becomes more sentimental the longer you sit with it. Small…
Rays, Ripples, and Residue: Celebrating 421 and the power of contemporary art in Abu Dhabi
For its final weekend, the group exhibition Rays, Ripples, and Residue marks the 10th anniversary of the 421 Art Campus…
Abdulhamid Kircher on his latest book New Genesis and the limits of objectivity
“Objectivity in documentary photography is its own kind of fantasy,” writes American photographer Stacy Kranitz. “How can the photographer demystify…
Shazad Latif on carving space, Wuthering Heights and “putting pressure back on the big boys”
The world increasingly requires us to live in profound contradiction. Whether it’s political polarisation or identity politics, all forms of…
Such stuff as dreams: Soad Hosni’s image, 25 years on
Rania Stephan opens her essayistic film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011) with an excerpt from Act IV Scene…
Hanging by a Wire: Behind the thrilling Pakistani documentary that opened Sundance 2026
In August of 2023, the lush Himalayan foothills of Northern Pakistan became a haunting spectacle across global media. For 13…
Such stuff as dreams: Soad Hosni’s image, 25 years on
Rania Stephan opens her essayistic film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011) with an excerpt from Act IV Scene…
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The Reverso keeps turning
There are very few watches that feel as recognisable in 2026 as they did nearly a century ago. The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is one of them.…
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It took a long time for Abdelbasset Ameuri, known to many as Sova, to get his hands on a skateboard. Born in Tipaza, west of…
Invisible violence, lasting impact: Technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the MENA region
Online, the ugliest parts of our society don’t disappear; they multiply. Violence, coercion, and exploitation that exist in the physical world are only magnified in…
A letter from our Editor-in-Chief: They desire locusts, we demand joy
As I write this, ballistic missiles continue to fly overhead. It’s been 27 days since the start of illegal and…
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