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Amid wildfires, conflict and hardship, the human spirit clings instinctively to optimism. This piece explores how art and playfulness offer a vital antidote, helping us take in the chaos while still finding room for joy.
From Saudi Arabia's G20 presidency and electric aviation to Kaia Gerber, hydrogen cars and the Caribbean's most secretive island, an alphabetical guide to the names, ideas and objects defining the year ahead.
He is among the world's most famous plastic surgeons, so the unannounced Skype call surprised our writer. Fresh off a flight to LAX, he was minutes from theatre and another case for Botched.
Her Instagram suggests a stylish influencer, but Fatima Al-Banawi is far more. The young Saudi actress carries serious ambition behind those hypnotic green eyes, plus the intellectual firepower to turn her plans into reality.
A 29-year-old former waitress, AOC made history as the youngest woman elected to the US House, taking New York's 14th district. Born in the Bronx, her victory is already changing her party.
Lebanese novelist and playwright Hanan Al-Shaykh’s work often challenges traditional women’s roles in the Arab world and was initially banned in many Arab countries. Her most recent book, ‘The Occasional Virgin’ is no exception. In her elegant London apartment overlooking Grosvenor Squa…
It might seem incongruous to deface a bag that costs more than a lot of people’s monthly salaries, but when Dubai-based artist Janan Shihadeh (@jananstudio) does it, you might actually be making it worth more than you paid for it. Using permanent, waterproof and bendable paint to custom…
Born in Moscow and raised in Syria, Dina Saadi has been transforming walls around the world with her large-scale murals for the best part of five years. Part pop art and part poetry, they’ll leave you with plenty to reflect on. Based in Dubai since 2012, Dina Saadi is an artist, i…
One day in 2004, the Iraqi-Dutch filmmaker Mohamed Jabarah Al Daradji was filming scenes for his first feature film, ‘Ahlaam’, on Haifa Street in Baghdad when he and his crew were abducted by an Iraqi militia affiliated with Al Qaeda. “They accused us of working with the Americans,” Al …
The Egyptian-American Mr. Robot star, now an Oscar contender, describes the daunting Live Aid recreation, flying out fake teeth and chasing the vulnerability beneath one of rock's most godlike performers.
In conversation, our subject reflects on Freddie Mercury as a formative hero, exploring how his struggle for identity and fearless stagecraft sent the message that it is perfectly fine to be yourself.
Supermodel feels antiquated now, a relic of a golden era when the world's most beautiful women were beyond question. Modelling has changed, says Ellen von Unwerth in Beirut; today it is all Gigi and Bella.