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A first encounter with an Ahmed Moustafa painting comes as quite a surprise. The colours and configurations of his Arabic letters, inspired by the meaning of the words within them, connect with the viewer emotionally.
Breaking Cyber Waters You’ve just bought the megayacht of your dreams. One long, lean and fully equipped piece of free aqua gliding artistry, allowing you to lavishly cruise the Côte d’Azur’s golden coast or Island-hop the exotic Caribbean. For 75 million USD the least you’d expect is styl
As the New Year rolls in you’re sure to be yearning to buy a new sexy car. Not the practical sort of course, we’re talking the speedy and death-defying here. The kind of ride made for two to enjoy. As always Bespoke makes your life easier by suggesting two remarkable motors: the much antic
Very few old art forms have made it into our décor conscience quite as successfully as mosaics. From a lion’s head, to personal portraits and new age designs, mosaics are making quite a big comeback as Rana Ballout uncovers.
Local artisanal work may bring to mind images of your typical uninspired creations. But in the midst of Beirut’s pulsating city, Carole Corm discovers a strong tradition of fashionable and costly cross-stitches that are all heart. Just tucked off Sidani Street in Beirut’s bustling and n…
“We’re in the wrong bloody airport,” says our Libyan host as we touch down in Tripoli International Airport on board the Learjet 45. Of course it wasn’t the city we had faulted on but the actual airfield. It seems that after decades of isolation, Libya has re-emerged still somewhat slee…
The most pertinent question for oil producing countries is what will happen when the oil is gone. But as some of the world’s largest oil producers, the Gulf countries have different ways to cope once the rigs stop pumping. Petroleum and economic expert Dr. Marwan Iskandar debates this i…
Harley Davidson motorbikes have spawned generations of devotees, even producing a cult in Lebanon. Habib Battah traces the journey travelled by the bike brand from being the favourite of Lebanon’s police force to being banned by major capitals in the region. A muscular bald man with a b…
Milan, once grey and smoggy is now heralded as the city of Italian chic and great northern cuisine. With the new collections come new shopping sprees but away from the parade is a boutique hotel stunningly combining fashion and fastidiousness and without any fanfare. Fashion is an imper…
Bad Girls’ is a song by Maya “M.I.A.” Arulpragasam, the British-Sri Lankan artist. The video, which was shot in Morocco, was created in solidarity with the women to drive movement of Saudi Arabia. It may be laden with crass stereotypes including prancing Arabian horses…
For Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, founders of D&G, bringing their signature style to a home line was something they’d always wanted to do. But, what would have been a natural progression had to be sped up after Covid-19. “The circumstances we experienced during the pande…