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At Google's famously energetic Googleplex, free all-you-can-eat restaurants somehow leave nobody heavier, and Fortune crowns it the world's finest workplace. We weigh the corporate giants where careers either flourish wonderfully or quietly wither.
The presenter of Words of the People reflects on leaving law behind for television, the human connection he craves in his work, and why he scarcely watches the medium that made his name.
Vampire motifs, women adorned in raw meat, Louboutins burned to their frames: photographer Tyler Shields loves pushing buttons, especially the ones that are not on his camera, and frankly does not care what you think.
The careers of William Sawaya and Paolo Moroni have been all about sticking it to the establishment. Warren Singh-Bartlett traces how an unannounced 1976 encounter became a rebellion that changed an entire industry.
Born in Medina in 1958, Jamal Ahmed Khashoggi has long ranked among Saudi Arabia's most prominent and outspoken journalists. Now heading the nascent network Alarab, he weighs the proper remit of journalism in the Arab world.
A former London English teacher, Layla Totah now holds sewing classes in her Beirut apartment, teaching everything from tote bags to tailored coats, all served alongside her own freshly baked breads and cakes.
Treasure hunting conjures buccaneers and daring adventure, yet for marine archaeology it means serious money. Eoghan Macguire meets Galleon Ventures founder Sean Tucker, who sees billions resting among UNESCO's estimated three million shipwrecks.
The Beirut tastemaker behind the multi-brand concept boutique Sophie's Choice reflects on a life defined by choices, the philosophy that inspired her name, and founding Aishti with her brother at just twenty-two.
This issue brings a bold new masthead, a revamped contributor page and a host of subtle refinements. As ever, we change gradually, believing that in publishing, as in life, one either progresses or retreats.
Born in Iraq but raised in rural Kent from the age of eight, Reem Alasadi fuses rarefied costume exuberance with cool urban chic. Her ethereal, sustainable catwalk collections have wowed audiences from London onwards.
Once upon a time, the world’s wealthy sent their daughters to Swiss finishing schools but by the 1960s, gender equality, women’s liberation and an emphasis on higher education for all prompted a decline. Nowadays only Villa Pierrefeu remains. It’s not about balancing a book on your head…
Symbiosis Design is an impressive architectural practice from Jordan, inspired by dialogue and duality and holding a deep respect for local materials. It seeks to work with, rather than against, the environment beyond mere aesthetics.