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Having retained his coveted Michelin star for a second consecutive year, the forty-four-year-old chef has joined the world's culinary elite, a remarkable feat for a Lebanese immigrant who arrived in Paris during the Civil War.
Following the record-breaking La Voiture Noire, the Molsheim marque unveiled its eight-million-euro Centodieci at Pebble Beach. Limited to just ten examples, this rare spin-off pays homage to a celebrated chapter of Bugatti's storied past.
How do you change the mindset and allow entrepreneurship to flourish in the Middle East? Amir Hegazi, a former director at Souq.com and the founder of intoMENA, thinks he has the answer. “I think what’s fundamentally missing is a more entrepreneur-centric ecosystem, where the entreprene…
It took a few confused U-turns before we finally pinpointed the small road leading to Beit Al Batroun, a quaint property in the hills of northern Lebanon. Barely visible from the main thoroughfare, it turns sharply downwards as if on the side of a precipice that might lead to a much lon…
Lebanon’s Gabriel & Guillaume gallery heads to New York City’s most influential design fair to showcase contemporary designers alongside its rare collectible furniture. Gabriel & Guillaume is headed to Manhattan. The travelling collectible design gallery, helmed by a Lebanese an…
There’s quite a story behind Loro Piana’s insanely soft baby cashmere, and a new documentary takes you to the far reaches of Mongolia, where the magic begins. Harsh, rugged landscapes of the Alashan Desert in the westernmost part of Mongolia is where you’ll find the pr…
The Italian architect behind Milan's celebrated Bosco Verticale is now bringing his greenery-clad vision to Egypt's New Administrative Capital, building three structures that promise to transform the architectural essence of the region.
The human race currently throws out one million plastic water bottles every MINUTE, of which less than 7 per cent are recycled. Larq doesn’t just address this by being metal and reusable, it’s also able to magically clean itself and its contents of 99.999 per cent of harmful and odour c…
The Middle East may have been late to join the e-commerce party but as Souq.com and Noon.com compete for domination, the growth of online retail is also challenging the long-held reign of the shopping mall in the region. To put e-commerce in historical context, you might think of it as …
The Four Seasons Hotel Beirut has a new rooftop playground. The best part is it’s open year round, so you can keep that summer feeling going even when the clouds roll in. Just because autumn is rolling in doesn’t mean you have to concede summer’s over. The pool, bar and lounge ato…
A weekend at the Raffles-run palace hotel off the Champs-Elysees, where Starck's whimsical mirrored interiors, an art concierge and Nobu's only Paris outpost combine to lift the spirits.
The idea for Hyperloop began in 2012, when Elon Musk revealed his vision of a super-fast train that could overcome friction by levitating above its track on air-bearings in an enclosed low-pressure tube. But, rather than develop it himself, the visionary entrepreneur decided to subseque…