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Inspired by power, Bahraini designer Sofia Al Asfoor defies convention and embraces luxury that goes the whole nine yards. “I created a handbag made entirely of crocodile leather, which is the most luxurious leather you can use for a bag, and then I had all the components made in solid …
Saudi Arabia made history by becoming the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. The humanoid robot, named Sophia, held a press conference in Riyadh in front in front leaders of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), telling them how ‘honour…
A candid interview about oral health across continents, from the prevalence of fillings in the Middle East to the quiet difference fluoridated water makes during childhood, and the realities of practising between New York and Dubai.
The region's love affair with motoring rolls on this autumn, as the Dubai International Motor Show and Riyadh Motor Show open their doors to more than 150 manufacturers and a market hungry for growth.
The coconut palms chittered in the breeze. Wending down the hill from the Amanwella resort, I reached the beach, a curving strand of sugary sand that ended at a rocky promontory about a kilometre away, where the swaying sign of a small café could be seen tucked into the trees. We’d arri…
It takes a certain optimism to build a city in the desert. Kuwait's rapid urbanisation in the late 1970s marked a landmark in regional architecture, captured in Modern Architecture of Kuwait by Roberto Fabbri and Ricardo Camacho.
Dior's first female artistic director turns a play on words into a movement, and her debut flap bag marries hip-hop attitude, brutalist hardware and Florentine craftsmanship into one quietly desirable piece.
Sitting in his small shop in the buzzing Mar Mikhael neighbourhood of Beirut, Ralph Masri seems awfully humble. It’s a sleek space, mostly black with little window vignettes that showcase his sparkly designs. Even the location is unassuming. Tucked between a trendy restaurant and anothe…
Some dismiss the 812 Superfast as a facelifted F12, yet Gautam Sharma finds it the pinnacle of everything Maranello stands for: a blindingly fast, front-engined, naturally aspirated V12 grand tourer like no other.
Milan doesn’t have it easy. Competing against the likes of Venice, Florence, Rome, Portofino, Cinque Terre and the Amalfi Coast is not an easy task and for too long, the country’s business hub has simply been dismissed as the ugly duckling of Italy. Yet there’s been something of a renai…
Once the capital of the old kingdom of Oman, Mleiha is now part of the UAE and it happens to be a treasure trove of ancient sites and artefacts. As a result, the Sharjah Department of Antiquities has built a stunning new archaeological centre to attract tourists and residents alike. In …
DJ Khaled is a Grammy-award winning Palestinian-American record producer, radio personality, DJ, record label executive, and author with seven million followers on Instagram. He’s big, he’s loud and the world is listening. There are many cultural phenomena historians will struggle to ex…