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The latest groundbreaking project by award-winning author Hassan Blasim is ‘Iraq+100’, for which he edited the work of ten Iraqi writers asked to imagine their country in the year 2103. Citing a lack of contemporary sci-fi and contemporary genres in Iraqi literature, Hassan Blasim and B…
Ahmad Aweidah commutes more than an hour past Israeli checkpoints to reach PEX headquarters in Nablus. Movement restrictions can be punishing; one delay stretched to seven hours, another forced him to abandon his car entirely.
She’s got 26 million Instagram fans following her every move and desperate to buy whatever she eats, drinks and wears. We meet with the 21-year old social media phenomenon and her latest accomplice, Tommy Hilfiger. Gigi Hadid is catnip to the young, and famous in all the ways this gener…
Eschewing simplicity for spectacular complexity, Hussein Bazaza is a rapidly rising star in the fashion industry who’s of the opinion local designers are wary of taking risks. That’s why this imaginative 26-year-old maverick approaches his own designs without fear, creating narratives r…
The billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX is not one to shy away from outlandish goals. His latest, unveiled to a rapt crowd in Guadalajara, involves colonising Mars through manned missions intended to begin as soon as 2022.
Cairo is a city of scale – it’s the first thing you’re confronted with when you see it from the aeroplane. Not only can you see the Pyramids of Giza, the city’s oldest and most famous example of art at scale, but there are also the vast tracts of red, mud-brick buildings, stretching alm…
Writer and artist Sophia Al Maria coined the term Gulf Futurism in 2007 to describe the architecture, urban planning and aesthetics of the oil-era Gulf, typified by isolation through technology and dizzying speed of change.
Meet Mashael Al Rahji, Saudi Arabia's representative at this year's London Fashion Week, whose bold street-versus-couture collection is shattering the status quo with a minimalism and underlying philosophy that treat fashion as an extension of identity.
The fashion industry is undergoing a major shake up. Both Tom Ford and Burberry have adopted a see-now-buy-now system, where ever since their SS17 runways in New York and London, buyers can purchase looks directly. Increasingly, the lag between demonstration and delivery is vanishing, w…
Lebanese product designer Richard Yasmine's creations blur the line between fantasy and reality. At once functional household objects and carnal statements, his highly charged work seduces through the use of honest materials and sleek, considered aesthetics.
Tadashi Yanai started out making fashion at knockdown prices. Then he saw a future in simple, quality clothing. Now the owner of Uniqlo wants to turn his retail company into something that matters. As he approaches an age others may consider retiring at, Tadashi Yanai, the most successf…
Sometimes there comes a story of someone overcoming adversity such as war, poverty, and displacement – to achieve beyond expectation. The story of Mark Haidar is one of those. In 2011, Mark Haidar and his business partner Scott Harper pooled their combined savings of just 50 USD to foun…