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Hollywood Superstar Will Smith Has a Go on the Indoor Slopes of Ski Dubai
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Hollywood Superstar Will Smith Has a Go on the Indoor Slopes of Ski Dubai

Hollywood superstar Will Smith stays at the Kempinski in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates and has a go on the neighbouring indoor slope: first on some skis then in a giant inflatable ball. If nothing else, his enthusiasm is wildly contagious.

13 Nov 2018 By Official Bespoke 1 min

Nadine Labaki, the Director Whose Walls Tell Her Cinematic Story

Nadine Labaki, the Director Whose Walls Tell Her Cinematic Story

In her Ashrafieh office, Nadine Labaki's career is written across the walls: framed posters, production stills, scouts' photographs and hundreds of Post-its, a slapdash record of an extraordinarily busy year in film.

8 Nov 2018 By Official Bespoke 6 min

These are the Top 6 Reasons We Love Amal Clooney

These are the Top 6 Reasons We Love Amal Clooney

This human rights lawyer seemingly has it all – intelligence, looks, a career, George Clooney, twins , and let’s not forget an enviable wardrobe.   1. Amal might sound perfectly English with her cut-glass accent but, as the daughter of a Lebanese couple – Ramzi and Baria Alamuddin …

25 Oct 2018 By Official Bespoke 2 min

Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby has Some Thoughts on Politics and She’s not Afraid to Show It
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Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby has Some Thoughts on Politics and She’s not Afraid to Show It

Is your identity as a Palestinian at the root of your drive, inspiration and self-expression? It’s an interesting question. My inspiration has come naturally since childhood, I’m like a kid who never stops drawing. But I think there’s a drive in all of us to make pictures, it’s a human …

14 Sep 2018 By Official Bespoke 6 min

No Censorship Here: Beirut Art Fair Becomes A Global Darling
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No Censorship Here: Beirut Art Fair Becomes A Global Darling

Founder Laure Hauteville reflects on Beirut Art Fair, the region's rare censorship-free showcase that is fast winning admirers in Milan and at Art Basel as Middle Eastern art enjoys a moment.

19 Aug 2018 By Official Bespoke 3 min

Heart of the Nation: Jeremy Chivers photographs the Lebanese Armed Forces up close
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Heart of the Nation: Jeremy Chivers photographs the Lebanese Armed Forces up close

Over an intensive four-month assignment, photographer Jeremy Chivers documented the soldiers, training and rarely seen equipment of the Lebanese Armed Forces, with book proceeds going to the country's military veterans.

7 Aug 2018 By Official Bespoke 2 min

Well Known Diplomatic Correspondent is Now Championing a Better Tomorrow

Well Known Diplomatic Correspondent is Now Championing a Better Tomorrow

Known for her savvy political commentary and rhetoric on international news networks, Raghida Dergham is following up a stellar journalistic career with a turn on the other side of Middle East policy. The first time I met Raghida Dergham was at a summer party in the charming modesty of …

24 Jul 2018 By Official Bespoke 5 min

After 30 Years in the Wilderness, FIFA Decides to Lift the Ban on Football in Iraq
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After 30 Years in the Wilderness, FIFA Decides to Lift the Ban on Football in Iraq

After almost three decades of being banned by FIFA and it might be just what the Arab nation needs to help turn the page on decades of war.

12 Jul 2018 By Official Bespoke 3 min

Saudi Arabia Makes a Debut at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
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Saudi Arabia Makes a Debut at the Venice Biennale of Architecture

Take a new look at Saudi cities.

12 Jul 2018 By Official Bespoke 3 min

The Nonconformist Arabic Singer Yasmine Hamdan Bares All Through Her Soulful Music
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The Nonconformist Arabic Singer Yasmine Hamdan Bares All Through Her Soulful Music

Listening to Yasmine Hamdan’s music, her soaring and unique voice and vocal style, reminds me of listening to John Coltrane blow his horn. When she sings – as when Coltrane plays sax – Hamdan improvises, she creates, and it comes from within. It’s her soul. It’s the one space, as a Leba…

4 Jun 2018 By Official Bespoke 4 min

Diamondogs: Pascale Habis and the Made-in-Lebanon Label Rewriting Luxury
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Diamondogs: Pascale Habis and the Made-in-Lebanon Label Rewriting Luxury

Creative director Pascale Habis explains why her Beirut slow-fashion house rejects mass production for timeless, impeccably finished pieces, reviving the garde-robe tradition and prizing individualism over the conformity of any It Bag.

21 Feb 2018 By Official Bespoke 3 min

The Roman Temple of Mithras Reborn Beneath Bloomberg's London Home
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The Roman Temple of Mithras Reborn Beneath Bloomberg's London Home

Six metres below Bloomberg's new billion-dollar European headquarters lie the restored remains of one of London's oldest buildings: a Roman temple to Mithras, the bull-slaying deity, now open free to the public.

11 Feb 2018 By Official Bespoke 7 min