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From the first Arab Nobel Laureate to the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, the Middle East's contribution to science did not end with its medieval Golden Age. It is still being written.
Creative Director Sarah Burton talks us through an Autumn/Winter 2020-21 ready-to-wear collection she wanted grounded, bold and heroic, drawing on Welsh heritage and the comfort of quilting and blankets.
You could be forgiven for not knowing Zaniz, yet her portfolio spans more than two decades across residential architecture, commercial interiors, theatre and furniture. We shine a light on a designer who remains elusive.
Born and bred in Lebanon, Rana Nasr runs Bleu Design Consultants from a small Beirut apartment. Her credits include Six Senses in St Kitts and Zighy Bay, and now La Sagesse in Grenada.
Saudi-born and educated in the UK and Australia, Yousef Akbar graduated with a master's in Logistics Management from Sydney in 2012, then swapped spreadsheets for fashion and studied design to follow his true calling.
IT HAS BEEN 23 YEARS SINCE YOU FOUNDED YOUR COMPANY, HOW WOULD YOU CLASSIFY WHERE YOU’VE REACHED AND ARE THERE ANY AMBITIONS YOU HAVE YET TO REALISE? [Zuhair Murad] I’m very happy with and grateful for how far I have come. I’ve worked incredibly hard to get to this poi…
In a new documentary for NBCUniversal's Oxygen, the reality star joins legal experts on four cases of people she believes were unfairly sentenced, while reflecting on criticism and her bold new direction.
As governments wrestle with political uprisings and pandemics, policy adviser Suzan Elsayed warns that the region risks falling behind unless it commits seriously to research, development and growth-centred thinking right now.
HOW DID YOU END UP WORKING IN THE WATCH INDUSTRY? [Christian Knoop, Creative Director at IWC Schaffhausen] Watch design was always something I looked at as a source of inspiration and admiration. I am a trained industrial designer and have worked on vastly different products, ranging fr…
Both for countries across the Middle East and around the world, life as we know it came to a grinding halt in early March 2020. As a result it has become crystal clear how fragile our existence is. Talk about a reality check. Despite all the technology we’ve implemented, the complex fin…
The Modist may be no more, but back in February 2019 (issue 73), it was just two years old and definitely on the rise. So we spoke to Ghizlan Guenez, the founder of this conservative fashion e-retailer, as she was on a quest to dispel the notion that modesty means being frumpy or un-chi…
It’s been quite a rollercoaster ride for Saudi businesswoman Princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz. The former Editor of Vogue Arabia has moved on from her dramatic and highly publicised ousting but she’s holding on to her crown as one of the Middle East’s main fashion protagonists. As far …