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From the buzzing, hopeful chaos of Tunis airport, the air thick with post-revolution urgency, we journey south to the desert oasis of Tozeur, seeking a Tunisia transformed at the very edge of change.
You could easily spend your first hours at Abu Dhabi's Park Hyatt Hotel and Villas getting pleasantly lost. The freshly opened property is so expansive that, between room, library, spa and beach, it seems to stretch forever.
There are few lifestyle experiences more unique or memorable than a stay at an Aman resort. The elegant, stylish hotels never have more than 50 keys, each location is unique, the architecture is always in keeping with its surroundings, and the service is beyond comparison. In fact, Aman…
Its First Class offers suites rather than seats, and a Six Senses spa graces its lounges. Joseph Ghandour examines how Etihad swept another stellar year of accolades to become our favourite way of flying.
Joining forces with Italian mosaic maker Sicis, Christian Lacroix unveiled a furniture line at Milan's Salone del Mobile. Famous for flamboyant clothes, the pieces reflect his trademark style and fondness for the empress Theodora.
Geoffrey Wheel is as pleased as punch. Cracking jokes as he leads us through the stairways and public areas of Muscat's glittering Royal Opera House, the technical director shows a parent's pride in the project he has nurtured.
With dark oak panelling, mellow lighting, green leather and a stained-glass terrace, Martin Brudnizki has impressively recreated the between-the-wars feel of the Ivy's elder sibling. Happily, the resemblances do not end with the decor.
Whether conjuring an interior landscape for an Amman villa or weaving ambiguity into a community centre, this architect treats technical limitation not as an excuse but as an invitation to imagine.
After a hit debut at a wedding, Abdalla launched the mobile photobooth service Fishfayce last summer. The concept, she says, preserves the funniest, most impulsively crazy moments at any event, bound only by guests' imagination.
Getting lost in Fez is half the fun, but a few canny rules help. We share advice for navigating the meandering labyrinth of the world's largest medina, where every alley slopes towards a gate.
Sada took part in Iraq's pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale, only its second appearance after a thirty-five-year absence, with a panel and a film by Oday Rasheed on Baghdad's young artists. A Christie's benefit followed.
The plunder of Iraq's wars stripped its cultural heritage and left artists isolated. One non-profit, known in Arabic as Sada and founded by Iraqi-born Rijin Sahakian, is working to rebuild that critical infrastructure.