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In an age where modern is conceived as the way to go forward, interior architect Rima Tatjana Ghubril insists that we have still much to gain by surrounding ourselves with the past. Rana Ballout speaks to the designer about one of her most compelling projects.
Savarona is currently the sixth largest yacht in the world. Built in 1931 by legendary German shipbuilders Blohm & Voss for an American heiress, she changed hands only once and has been owned ever since by the Turkish Government. Ziad Taha traces her remarkable story.
An Indian motorbike is more than just a vintage vehicle. America's oldest motorcycle brand was once the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles. Samer Gharios explores its significance and discovers the brand is about to rise from the dust to become front and centre of the biking world
Even at the age of 30, Rami Makhzoumi is exceptionally eloquent. The momentum of his speech is evenly paced. His words carefully chosen. Always using positive active verbs in a deep clear and engaging voice. He takes a break to listen to questions and intermittently smoke his Cohiba’s Subl
Hidden away from the world for centuries, Yemen only emerged as a modern state in the last four decades. As one of the few journalists that reported from Sana’a right after the coup, veteran journalist Ali Ballout gives a glimpse of life in old Yemen.
Once a source of mystical fascination to European and American artists, the Middle East is currently portrayed in a very different light. But as author and expert Kristian Davies argues, some Orientalist painters, aside from creating exceptional work, continue to bridge the gap of understa
Bought in 2000 by luxury powerhouse Richemont, Montegrappa was at its most prolific in the 1930s, buoyed by a demand for exquisite fountain pens and a post-Depression boom. Makram Salha uncaps the appeal behind the breathtaking penmanship.
Prelude to an Awakening By Monita Rajpal Life is funny. Not in a humorous way – although I have thought that a few times. It's funny in a 'you never know what's going to happen' way. The über-aware may scoff at this thought with the 'well of course you're never going to know' attitude. But
Inspired by the golden age of travel, when steamers and trains were de rigueur for seeing the world, designers are creating luggage collections that would not be out of place in the nineteenth century, yet can stand up to the stresses of the twenty-first, Fiona Walshe discovers.
It can be said that once an MP3 player enters the two-year lifespan, it is already obsolete, whereas Reuge’s old fashioned 1865 and Singing Bird music-box collections add charm to tradition, and pay homage to meticulous craftsmanship, says Riwa Beydoun.
By Rana Ballout Killer Lady I have always wanted to be a southern belle, my hair decoratively falling in loose curls or teasingly gathered up and crowned with girlish bows. In my daydreams, I would descend a horse-drawn carriage, lift my ballooned ball gown and smile coyly at my beau. Admi
You’ve just bought your dream sports car: an envy-incurring beautiful mean machine. Frustratingly, a mixture of traffic and law enforcement monitoring won’t let you open up that engine to its full potential. What to do? There is a cure to this conundrum as our Insider discovers, but it re