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Handwriting is deeply personal, so bound to individuality that graphologists claim to read character from mere scraps. Believe them or not, it remains beautifully idiosyncratic, breathing life into static notes through every correction, crossing-out and hesitant doodle.
French-Algerian photographer Michel Haddi made his name shooting fashion and celebrities before founding his own publishing house. Based between London and New York, he has become a considerable celebrity in his own right, his subjects forever beguiling.
A decade in the making and backed by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Azerbaijan, the Louvre's 125-million-dollar Islamic arts department brought the world's boldest architects together to honour a civilisation's enduring artistic treasures.
Palestinian-Lebanese, raised in Germany and now based in London, Husam El-Odeh could almost be the poster child for cosmopolitanism. From everywhere and nowhere, his present incarnation as jeweller suits a talent as versatile as his.
Founded in 1922 as a haven for archaeological discovery, Kabul's National Museum once held more than 100,000 objects spanning millennia. Housed in the Darulaman palace, it bears as many traces of recent conflict as ancient history.
Runner-up at Miss Lebanon 2010, winner of Miss Australia 2012 and third at Miss World, Jessica Kahawaty speaks four languages, is completing a double degree in law and finance, and is passionately involved in charitable work.
Forced to direct her actors from a production van in conservative Riyadh, Haifa Al Mansour keeps her sense of humour. She needs it: she still does not know how to screen her film where public cinemas remain illegal.
Bodies betray us in countless small ways, from uneven shoulders to a tilted pelvis. Warren Singh-Bartlett explains why Apsley, which tailors a bespoke suit in three affordable weeks, has earned our Ultimate Tailor award.
Fashion and architecture have long expressed the personal, social and cultural. Lately, both have moved beyond status towards complex questions of identity, as computer-aided design carries ever more intricate surfaces and unusual forms from the drawing board.
When interior designer Alberto Pinto passed away this November, he left behind a legacy of opulent homes, amongst them a magnificent villa in Kuwait completed in the final year of his accomplished forty-year career.
Chakib Richani is celebrated for his architecture, yet his custom-made furniture is sought after in its own right. Nadine Khalil enters the Lebanese architect's boutique to find pieces both bold and understated, monolithic and strikingly proportioned.
Winning pilots' loyalty is no easy task, for they scrutinise every trade-off in cost, safety and features. Since 1984, Minnesota-based Cirrus Aircraft, co-founded by the Klapmeier brothers, has devoted nearly thirty years to solving that challenge.