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A candid interview about oral health across continents, from the prevalence of fillings in the Middle East to the quiet difference fluoridated water makes during childhood, and the realities of practising between New York and Dubai.
Sitting in his small shop in the buzzing Mar Mikhael neighbourhood of Beirut, Ralph Masri seems awfully humble. It’s a sleek space, mostly black with little window vignettes that showcase his sparkly designs. Even the location is unassuming. Tucked between a trendy restaurant and anothe…
Once the capital of the old kingdom of Oman, Mleiha is now part of the UAE and it happens to be a treasure trove of ancient sites and artefacts. As a result, the Sharjah Department of Antiquities has built a stunning new archaeological centre to attract tourists and residents alike. In …
DJ Khaled is a Grammy-award winning Palestinian-American record producer, radio personality, DJ, record label executive, and author with seven million followers on Instagram. He’s big, he’s loud and the world is listening. There are many cultural phenomena historians will struggle to ex…
DERMATOLOGY USED TO BE ABOUT PIMPLES AND RASHES. HAS THIS CHANGED? WHAT ARE YOUR CLIENTS NOW LOOKING FOR? At its essence, dermatology has been and will always be a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatments of skin disorders. However, there is clearly growing interes…
Byblos is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and Alice Eddé is the unlikely American determined to ensure no one forgets its extraordinary past, making heritage fresh and relevant once again.
Henry Dakak Jr. is a designer with a singular vision. His beautifully made creations, whether furniture, functional objects or jewellery, exemplify a judicious mix of modernity and antiquity, and bely a delicate attention to detail. The history of design is rife with drama. Truthfully, …
Lalique's owner and chief executive, Silvio Denz, is making crystal cool again through contemporary collaborations and an inspired jewellery collection, with projects from Damien Hirst and Zaha Hadid bringing a fresh take to a traditional technique.
Beirut was once home to hundreds of palaces. Perched on the hills of Ashrafieh, Zokak El Blatt, Clemenceau and Kantari, and spreading east to Gemmayze and Mar Mikhael, these spectacular gems of the Ottoman and French Mandate eras were built by wealthy Lebanese merchants seeking peace an…
On Twitter (where she has 7.1 million followers), she describes herself as “a mum and a wife with a really cool day job”. That job is being queen and she looks the part with her fabulous designer clothes, long glossy hair and teeny-tiny waist. Her Instagram account (3.5m followers) ofte…
Interior designer Francis Sultana creates sumptuous homes and tailored furniture for modern-day gentry. Were Louis XIV around today, the architect of Versailles's splendour might well call on Sultana to design and furnish his fictitious twenty-first-century palace.
With a new presence in Dubai and its first large interior-design project under way in the Emirate, Pininfarina extends its Italian legacy across the GCC. Paolo Pininfarina reflects on reinventing the celebrated house after years of mounting debt.