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For centuries powerful men have tried desperately to keep information from lesser human beings. The best way to do that, they opined, is to tell it to a bunch of other likeminded people, and then swear them all to secrecy. When successful, we know not of their existence. When unsuccessful,
By Makram Salha Own Your Smoke Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And when it is a Cuban cigar, it is a lot more than that, according to my good friend and psychologist of choice to the Vatican and Italian courts, Salvatore Parisi. Recently, we happened to open the subject of bespoke cigar
By Sue Hostetler Synthesized World Man-made (adjective): made by humans rather than occurring in nature; made to imitate something else; of substances, made by chemical reaction rather than extracted from a natural source. Diamonds and polyester. It is seriously hard to imagine what these
There are many ways to pioneer the Arab spirit but none is as appealing as doing it with a sense of fun. Susan Day sat down with creator of the blockbuster comic The 99 that is riding the financial and creative crest of the Arab superhero phenomenon.
Sovereign wealth funds may only hold two per cent of globally traded assets but through rapid growth they are already as big as the global hedge-fund industry. Yet Helen Assaf reveals that unlike hedge funds, they are not driven by the pressures of profit and loss and are not constrained t
Genetic testing has allowed humankind to look at how he is made. Today, these tests are also allowing doctors and their patients to prevent the likelihood of genetic diseases. Fida Abi Karam reveals the latest trend in preventive medicine.
If the idea of living in a box has never been your thing, that’s probably because you haven’t heard of luxury prefabricated houses. But these homes-to-go are sure to get you thinking in the box, discovers Raja Farah.
It’s easy when travelling to turn a nicely-fitted suit into a crumpled mess, turning a tailor-made blazer into a flee market give-away. Bespoke outlines eight simple steps that will have you looking like you’ve just come out of a fitting.
Some Arab designers hit the NYC-Paris-Milan catwalks forgetting the very fabric of their heritage. Others embrace it. Raja Farah talks to Moroccan-born Hisham Oumlil about weaving his culture into his western designs.
There is very little that separates civilizations in the world of design. And no one has found harmony between the minimalist Far East and the self-indulgent Middle East as well as Lebanese-born Nada Debs. Rouba Mourtada speaks to designer about her vision and her craft.
Cyberspace is a world unto its own. But there is one website, Second Life that gives you a whole new sense of being. Where Ramsay Short finds out you can be whoever you want and make money doing so.
Maserati is riding high these days. Firmly turning over a profit after many years of losses, the marque has replaced its aging coupé with the new GranTurismo. One thing is for sure, the clue is in the name, reveals Nicolas Shammas.